mandrel

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The scientists followed up in the commercial facilities and learned that the carton-forming mandrels -- those machinery parts that open the small, flat-lying, single-serving carton in the filling process -- needed more attention and cleaning.

From Science Daily

This operation is done quite rapidly with a pneumatic gun, hence the two-part "ker-bang" noise as the mandrel is pulled through the rivet, then breaks off with a bang to complete the job.

From BBC

He uses only his hands, cast-iron mandrels, wood patterns, lathes and other machinery inherited from his grandfather.

From Reuters

A bit of the wire of proper length is first doubled and then by a special contrivance the two ends are bent around a mandrel so as to form an insertion point or loop.

From Project Gutenberg

With the last of these mandrels in the hole the hub was drawn out to length and diameter, leaving the forging roughly shaped, but having the form shown in Fig.

From Project Gutenberg