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machining

vr.tr.machining · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain machining and its processes, relay principles, tools and standards from manufacturing references, describe safety and modern computer control, and distinguish machining from forming, casting and additive manufacturing.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain machining and its processes, relay principles, tools and standards from manufacturing references, describe safety and modern computer control, and distinguish machining from forming, casting and additive manufacturing.

A manufacturing process that shapes a workpiece by removing material with cutting tools, including turning, milling, drilling, boring, counterboring, grinding and sawing in forms such as rip cuts, flat sawing and reciprocating sawing of wood and metal, performed on manual and computer-controlled machine tools; machining is a subtractive process central to metalworking and woodworking, governed by tolerances, tool materials and cutting parameters, and complemented by additive manufacturing.

What it is for: Shaping parts by material removal.

It can be explain processes and tools; relay parameters and standards; relay safety and CNC; distinguish from other manufacturing.

Distinguishing features

Material removal

Machine tool based

Tolerance and finish control

CNC automation

What it looks like

Machine tools cutting metal or wood with chips and coolant.

How it is recognised

Subtractive shaping with cutting tools

Turning, milling, drilling, boring, grinding, sawing

Forming and casting shape without removal; additive manufacturing builds up material

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

subtractive manufacturing

is a kind of - in registry terms

production process

is performed on - such as lathes and mills

machine tool

is contrasted with - which builds up material

additive manufacturing

In practice

Families and kinds

turning and boring

milling

drilling, reaming and counterboring

grinding and finishing

sawing including rip cuts, flat sawing and reciprocating sawing

non-traditional machining such as EDM, laser and waterjet

CNC machining

Identifiers

ISO 286 tolerances limits and fits

ISO 3002 cutting terminology

Standards and regulation

ISO tolerance, surface finish and cutting standards

Machine tool safety standards such as ISO 16090

Occupational safety rules for machining

Failure modes and hazards

Tool breakage and workpiece ejection

Entanglement and cutting injuries

Coolant and dust hazards

Confusing processes

Also called

counterboresawingwood sawingrip cutflat sawingreciprocating sawingbroachinglappinggear shapingscrapingdeep hole drillingchiselingsuperfinishingboringabrasive machininggear cuttingelectrical discharge machiningmillingdrillinghoninghobbingsinking electrical discharge machiningCNC plunge millingprinted circuit board millingoil well drillingunderwater drillingdirectional drillingChambragelow-clearance drillingreverse circulation drillinghydromechanical drillingwell drillingscientific drillingBaptist well drilling

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What machining is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and processes.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is machining, and what processes does it include? definition
  2. Is the process machining, forming, casting or additive manufacturing? boundary

Principles

Cutting principles.

Principles

Principles.

  1. How do cutting speed, feed, depth of cut and tool geometry affect machining? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific process? action
Practice Tools and standards.

Practice.

Tools

Tools and materials.

Tools

Tools.

  1. What tool materials and machine tools are used, and how are they selected? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Quality

Tolerances and finish.

Quality

Quality.

  1. How are tolerances and surface finish specified and achieved? provenance
  2. Which entry fits engineering tolerance? action
Safety Safety and automation.

Regulation.

Safety

Safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What safety rules and practices apply to machining, including sawing? provenance
  2. Is the user operating machines, which needs training and guards? boundary

CNC

CNC and automation.

CNC

CNC.

  1. How do CNC machining and CAM software work? provenance
  2. Which entry fits CNC? action
Context History and industry.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did machining develop from early lathes through Maudslay and Whitney to CNC? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of machine tools? action

Industry

Industry and trade.

Industry

Industry.

  1. How is the machining industry structured, and what do labour statistics show, with sources? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should turning, milling and sawing be separate primary entries?
  • How should standards be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific operations and wood sawing methods; should they be split off?