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shaving cutter

shaving cutter

8.8
A tool that removes small amounts of metal after rough cutting to make gear teeth smooth and accurate
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : cortador de afilado
  • After hobbing, the gears are finished with a shaving cutter to achieve the required surface quality.

Examples

  • Regular maintenance of the shaving cutter ensures consistently high-precision results in gear manufacturing.

  • The factory installed a new shaving cutter to improve the accuracy of their gear production.

  • The shaving cutter is essential for achieving a smooth finish.

  • Can you pass me the shaving cutter?

  • After hobbing, the gears are finished with a shaving cutter to achieve the required surface quality.

  • Regular maintenance of the shaving cutter ensures consistently high-precision results in gear manufacturing.

  • The factory installed a new shaving cutter to improve the accuracy of their gear production.

How Precise

honing machine
  • Specialized
7.7
shaving cutter
  • Specialized
8.8
milling machine
  • Specialized
1 5.6
cutting tool
2 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

shaving + cutter

The compound is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'shaving' (small fragments removed) + 'cutter' (a tool that cuts) yields a tool that cuts/produces shavings. This follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. 'paper cutter', 'wire cutter'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the general meaning.

Etymology

The noun shaving cutter shows a simple picture: shaving means cutting very thin slices and cutter is a tool that cuts. It 'shaves' tiny bits of metal away to make gear teeth smooth and exact, so the name now means a tool used to 'finish' gear surfaces by removing very small amounts of material.