Axle vs Mandrel - What's the difference?
axle | mandrel |
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.
An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
A tool or component of a tool that grips]] or [[clamp, clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
* 1920 , Lester Gray French, Machinery , Volume 26,
* 1961 , Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing ,
As nouns the difference between axle and mandrel
is that axle is (obsolete) shoulder or axle can be the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel while mandrel is an object used as an aid for shaping a material, eg bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.axle
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) axle, eaxle, from (etyl) , (etyl) .Etymology 2
A combination of (etyl) eax and (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* (wikipedia "axle") *Anagrams
*mandrel
English
Noun
(en noun)page 491,
- This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
page 46,
- When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
