tool
equipment class
Template Information
Template details and description
- Template Type
- equipment class
- Is Abstract?
- Description
- A device that is a mechanical implement for working upon something, as by cutting, striking, rubbing or other processes, in any manual art or industry; usually, one held in and operated by the hand (or fixed in position, as in a lath), but also including certain simple machines, as the lathe; sometimes extended to simple instruments of other kinds.
- Synonyms
- CFIHOS IDCFIHOS-30000261
- PCA RDS Code
Children
Child templates
| Child | Description |
|---|---|
| drilling machine | An artefact which is intended to operate and supply power to an artefact (instrument) with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances by revolving or by a succession of blows. |
| grinding machine | An artefact which is intended to wear down, polish, or sharpen by the abrasive action of a high-speed grinding wheel or disc. |
| lathe | In woodturning, metalworking, metalspinning, and glassworking, a lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material so that when abrasive, cutting, or deformation tools are applied to the block, it can be shaped to produce an object which has rotational symmetry about an axis of rotation. |
| meter prover | An artefact for the calibration of flow meters. |
| pipe bending machine | An artefact which is intended for bending pipes. |
| special tool | A device that is made as a tool to be used for a special purpose. |
| welding set | A physical object for arc welding, either ac or dc, comprising a supply unit and a regulator. |
| yoke | A physical object that is an arched device intended to embrace two parts to hold or unite them in position, or to divide loads. |
| cutter | A physical object that is an instrument, machine, machine part, or tool that cuts. |
| hydraulic press | A physical object that applies force for pressing by using fluid pressure for force multiplication. |