drawbench

9.9

A machine that pulls metal through a shaped hole to make it thinner or change its shape

noun
/ˈdrɔːˌbɛnʧ/

Specialized

: máquina de estirado

The factory installed a new drawbench to produce thinner metal wires more efficiently.

Examples

Using the drawbench, the workers shaped the metal into precise forms for the project.
The latest drawbench model can pull metal at a faster rate than older machines.
The independent performance validation team calculated that the upgraded drawbench uses 290,218 kilowatt-hours per year, a 34 percent decrease in annual electrical costs.

Academic text (2001)
The greater available horsepower has cut the number of breaking draws needed to work steel tubing, cutting No. 6's annual operating time by 623 hours, and freeing the drawbench to do work previously performed by other, less efficient drawbenches.

Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

drawing machine

vsdrawbench

Specialized

7.7

A machine that pulls metal through a small hole to make wire or rods

is used to reduce diameter or alter shape more generally not only make wire

extruder

vsdrawbench

Specialized

7.9

A machine that pushes material through a mold to make shapes like tubes

pulls metal through a die using tensile force rather than forcing it through

How Powerful

flowline

Specialized

5.6

drawing machine

Specialized

7.7

drawbench

Specialized

9.9

manual

101 3.8

Surface Forms

drawbench singular

drawbenches plural

Morphology

drawbench = draw + bench (semi-transparent) = draw + bench

The parts 'draw' (to pull) and 'bench' (work surface) make the general idea clear, but the precise industrial function (pulling metal through a die to reduce diameter) is technical and not obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Drawbench comes from the simple parts draw ('to pull') and bench ('work table'). So a drawbench is literally a work machine that 'pulls' metal through a small shaped hole to make it thinner or change its shape.