PI5 VOCABULARY

INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES GLOSSARY - 2019

1.	HAMMER	tool with a heavy metal head used for breaking things and driving in nails.
2.	SHOVEL	a tool used for moving coal, earth, snow, etc.
3.	AXE	a heavy-bladed tool used for chopping wood
4.	HANDSAW	a hand tool for cutting wood and similar material.
5.	FILE	a tool used for smoothing or shaping a hard material.
6.	WRENCH	an adjustable tool like a spanner, used for gripping and turning nuts or bolts.
7.	HACKSAW	a saw with a narrow blade set in a frame, used for cutting metal.
8.	VISE	a metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place
9.	CHISEL	a long-bladed hand tool with a bevelled cutting edge, struck with a hammer or  mallet to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
10.	PLIERS	pincers with parallel, flat, serrated jaws, used for gripping small objects or  bending wire.
11.	LEVEL	a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given.  .
12.	SCREWDRIVER	a tool with a shaped tip that fits into the head of a screw to turn it.
13.	EQUIPMENT	the tools needed for a particular purpose.
14.	DRILL	a tool or machine with a rotating or reciprocating cutting tip.
15.	ENGINE	a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
16.	INCH	a unit of linear measure equal to 2.54 cm.
17.	CENTIMETER	a metric unit equal to one hundredth of a meter (0.394 in.).
18.	CONVEYOR	a continuous moving band of flexible material for transporting objects from one part of a building to another.
19.	PUMP	a mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects.
20.	PULLEY	a wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt, used for the application or transmission of power.
21.	SANDPAPER	paper with sand or another abrasive stuck to it, used for smoothing wooden
22.	BEARINGS	a device in a machine that allows two parts to rotate or move in contact with each other with reduced friction.
23.	WASTE	unusable or unwanted material.
24.	WAREHOUSE	a large building where raw materials or manufactured goods may be stored.
25.	NAIL	a small metal spike with a broadened flat head.
26.	BOLT	a long pin with a head that screws into a nut, used to fasten things together.
27.	SCREW	a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal.
28.	NUT	small flat piece of metal or other material.
29.	WORKSTATION	an area where work of a particular nature is carried out, such as a location on an assembly line.
30.	WASHER	a small flat ring fixed between two joining surfaces or between a nut and a bolt
31.	ALLOY	a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.
32.	CHAIN	a connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening, pulling, etc.
33.	GEAR	a toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
34.	WELD	join together (metal parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting and pressing or hammering them together.
35.	HELMET	a hard or padded protective hat.
36.	VALVE	a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct, especially an automatic device which allows movement in one direction only.
37.	DEBRIS	scattered garbage or remains.
38.	ADJUSTABLE	capable of being adjusted.
39.	RATCHET	a toothed wheel or bar, with a bar that fits into its teeth so that it turns in one direction only.
40.	GRINDER	a sharpener of tools.
41.	LOOSEN	to (cause to) become less tight
42.	TIGHTEN	to (cause to) become tight or tighter.
43.	TOOL	an instrument for some purpose or work.
44.	SAW	a tool for cutting, usually a thin blade of metal with sharp teeth.
45.	MEASURE	actions or procedures intended as a means of knowing the extent, dimension or quantity of something.
46.	TURN	to (cause to) move around or partly around.
47.	SMOOTH	to remove obstacles from a surface or the like as to make it polished or less severe.
48.	FASTEN	to attach firmly or securely in place or to something else.
49.	SHAPE	to give definite form to something.
50.	STRIKE	to cause impact as with a mallet, hammer or the like.
51.	ASSEMBLY	the putting together of parts, as of machinery, from parts of standard sizes.
52.	STREAMLINE	to change in order to make more efficient or simple.
53.	LEDGER	the most important book  in which the commercial transactions of a company are recorded.
54.	OUTSOURCE	to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside company.
55.	REQUEST	the act of asking for something to be given or done.
56.	SUPPLIES	all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery.
57.	TOOLING	the selection, provision, and setting up of tools, specifically for a machining operation.
58.	LATHE	a machine used to produce external or internal cylindrical surfaces.
59.	WORKSHOP	a room or building in which work, esp. mechanical work, is carried on.
60.	LAYOUT	an arrangement or plan.
61	CALIPER	an instrument for measuring thicknesses and diameters, usually made up of a pair of adjustable legs.
62.	WIP	work In Process.
63.	GRAB	a mechanical device for gripping objects.
64.	ERGONOMICS	a science that coordinates the design and arrangement of equipment and office spaces with the abilities, limitations, and requirements of workers.
65.	ROTATIVE	rotating or pertaining to rotation.
66.	STOCK	a supply of goods kept on hand by a merchant, etc., for sale to customers; inventory:
67.	SCALE	a series of degrees that represent amounts of something.
68.	LEAN	Is a management model focused on the creation of flow to be able to deliver the maximum value for the clients, using for this the minimum necessary resources: that is adjusted.
69.	PNEUMATIC	filled with, operated by, or containing compressed air.
70.	TORQUE	the measured ability of a twisting part of machinery, as of a shaft, to overcome resistance to such turning.
71.	MANUFACTURE	to make or produce by hand or machinery, esp. on a large scale.
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