noun
- cylindrical rods or spindles used as supports around which material is shaped, wound, or machined
Usage: technical; manufacturing
Examples
- The metalworker used mandrels to bend the copper tubing into precise curves.
- Wire is often wound around mandrels to create coils and springs.
- The lathe operator inserted different sized mandrels for various machining operations.
- Jewelry makers use mandrels to shape rings and bracelets uniformly.
- The factory ordered new mandrels for their tube-forming equipment.
- Steel mandrels provide the rigid support needed for accurate metal forming.