swaging machine
- noun
- Specialized
- The technician operated the swaging machine to form the metal tubes for the frame.
Examples
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Before being assembled, each pipe end is shaped using a swaging machine.
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A modern swaging machine can process hundreds of parts per hour with great precision.
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The swaging machine operates at high speeds.
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Many factories use a swaging machine for metal shaping.
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A modern swaging machine can process hundreds of parts per hour with great precision.
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Before being assembled, each pipe end is shaped using a swaging machine.
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The technician operated the swaging machine to form the metal tubes for the frame.
Synonyms
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7.4
A machine that presses hot metal between heavy rollers to make sheets or bars
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
4.2
- Specialized
1
6.5
- Specialized
191
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'swaging' is the verbal noun from 'swage' (to form metal by hammering or pressing), so 'swaging machine' straightforwardly means a machine that performs swaging. Although the term is technical, the common English pattern X + machine (device that does X) is cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun swaging machine comes from the old metalworker's word swage, which meant 'to beat or press' metal into a shape. A swaging machine is simply a machine that does this work fast, pressing metal into forms so it keeps the right shape.