Metalcasting and CNC Machining Glossary
A comprehensive list of terms used in the metalcasting and CNC machining industries
Browse terms alphabetically below in the Metalcasting and CNC Machining Glossary. Mouseover a word to see its definition, and click on a word to see more information or additional resources available through the Eagle Group.
- 5S
- Accurate
- Air Gage
- Airset Process
- Allowance
- Alloy
- APQP
- Apron
- Arbor
- Arbor press
- As-Cast Condition
- Assembly
- Axis
- Backing Sand
- Bandsaw
- Bar Stock
- Bed
- Bell Mouth
- Belt grinding
- Binder
- Blow Hole
- Bore
- Boring
- Boring Bar
- Boss
- Brass
- Brazing
- Brinell Hardness
- Broach
- Broaching
- Burn-on
- Burnishing
- Burr
- Burr (Tool)
- Bushing
- CAD/CAM Software
- Caliper
- Calipers
- Carbide Tool Bits
- Carbon Steel
- Carriage
- Case Hardening
- Center Gage
- Center Punch
- Chamfer
- Chamfer Milling
- Chaplet
- Charge
- Chill
- Chip Breakers
- Chuck
- Cleaning
- Coke
- Cold Shut
- Collet
- Compression and Sheer
- Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
- Concentric
- Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
- Cope
- Core
- Core Assembly
- Core Wash
- Corebox
- Coreless Induction Furnace
- Coreprint
- Counter Gravity Filling
- Counterbore
- Counterboring
- Creep-feed grinding
- Crush
- Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN)
- Cupola Furnace
- Cure
- Cutting Fluid
- Cylindrical Grinding
- Decalescence
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Die
- Die (Machining)
- Draft
- Drag
- Dressing
- Drift
- Drift Punch
- Drill Bit
- Drill Press
- Drilling
- Dynamic Balancer
- Ejector Pins
- Engineering Change Notice (ECN)
- Face Milling
- Faceplate
- Facing
- Facing Sand
- Feeder
- Ferrous Metal
- Finish Allowance
- Finish Mark
- Fixture
- Flange
- Flask
- Fly Cutter
- Form Tool
- Foundry Returns
- Gage
- Gage Blocks
- Gas Porosity
- Gate (Ingate)
- GD&T
- Gemba
- Gib
- Go/No-Go Gage
- Greensand Molding
- Greensand
- Gullet
- Headstock
- Heat
- Heat Treatment
- Hob
- Honing
- Hot Box (Process)
- Hot Tear
- Inclusions
- Induction Heating
- Investment
- Investment Casting (Process)
- Jig
- Jig Borer
- Kaizen
- Kerf
- Ladle
- Laser Scanning Arm
- Lateral Balance
- Lathe
- Lathe Carriage
- Lean Manufacturing
- Location Surface
- Lost Wax Casting
- Machinability
- Machine Tool
- Major Diameter
- Master Pattern
- Mechanical Properties
- Metrology
- Micrometer
- Mill
- Mill/Turn Center
- Milling
- Minor Diameter
- Mold
- Mold Cavity
- Mold Coating
- Near Net Shape
- No-Bake Process
- Non-Ferrous Metal
- Orbital Drilling
- Ounce Inches (oz/in)
- Parting Line
- Pattern
- Pattern Draft
- Pattern Layout
- Patternmaker's Shrinkage
- Peck Drilling
- Permanent Mold Casting
- Permeability
- PFMEA
- Physical Properties
- Pig Iron
- Pilot Casting
- Pitch
- Thread Pitch
- Porosity
- PPAP
- Profile Milling
- Ra
- Radius
- Rake
- Recovery Rate
- Refractory
- Reject Rate
- Riser
- RMS
- Robot
- Rotational Balance
- Roughing
- Runner System
- Runout
- Sample Casting
- Sand Inclusions
- Scrap
- Set
- Setup
- Shaft
- Shakeout
- Shank
- Shell Molding (Process)
- Shims
- Shoulder Milling
- Shrinkage
- Slag
- Slag Inclusions
- Slot Milling
- Slurry
- Smelting
- Snagging
- Sodium Silicate/ CO2 Process
- Solidification Simulation
- Spindle
- Spot Drilling
- Sprue
- Stainless Steel
- Static Balancer
- Stepped Hole
- Stock
- Structure
- Superabrasive
- Surface Plate
- Surface Profile
- Swarf
- Takt Time
- Tap
- Tapping
- Thread
- Thread Milling
- Tolerance
- Tool Steel
- Tooling
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Toyota Production System (TPS)
- Tree
- True Position
- Turning
- Vacuum Pouring
- Vacuum Pressure Casting
- Vent
- Venting
- Ways
- Workpiece