Glossary index A-Z

Babbitt metal (n) Bach's correction factor (n) back (v) back gear (n) back gearing (n) back gears (n) back pressure (n) back saw (n) back scheduling (n) back up (v) back wall (n) back-fill (v) back-up (v) back-up capacitor (n) back-up mode (n) back-up system (n) backfill (n) backgear (n) backgear shaft (n) background (n) background noise (n) backing (n) backing plate (n) backlash (n) Backlash (gear) backlash-free (adj) backlit (adj) backplane (n) backup (v) backward scheduling (n) bad (adj) baffle (n) baffle plate (n) bag (n) bainitic cast iron (n) bainitic hardening (n) baked enamelling (n) bakery (n) baking machine (n) baking plant (n) balance (n) balance (v) balance capacitor (n) balance condition (n) balance of angular momentum (n) balance of forces (n) balance of forces condition (n) balance of moment of momentum (n) balance problem (n) balancer (n) balancing (n) balancing device (n) balancing potentiometer (n) balancing torque (n) balcony (n) balcony arrangement (n) balcony installation (n) baler (n) ball (n) ball and socket joint (n) ball bar (n) Ball bearing ball bearing (n) Ball bushing ball cage (n) ball catch (n) ball cup (n) Ball guide ball handle (n) ball indentation (n) ball indentation hardness (n) ball joint (n) ball journal (n) ball roller bearing (n) ball screw unit (n) ball socket (n) ball table (n) ball track (n) ball valve (n) ball-and-race mill (n) ball-and-socket joint (n) ball-bearing steel (n) ball-shaped (adj) ballast (n) ballast circuit (n) ballast resistor (n) baluster mold (n) baluster mould (n) balustrade (n) balustrade system (n) banana plug (n) Banbury mixer (n) band (n) Band brake band brake (n) band conveyor (n) band filter press (n) band friction (n) band saw (n) banderolling machine (n) bandwidth (n) bank (n) bank control (n) bank of (gas) cylinders (n) bar (n) bar (v) bar chart (n) bar code (n) bar code type (n) bar diagram (n) bar magnet (n) bar spring (n) bar steel (n) bar stock (n) bar the giving of calls (n) Barcode barcode (n) barcode reader (n) barcode type (n) bare (adj) bare (v) bared (adj) barge (n) barge owner (n) barking plant (n) Barlow's formula (n) barrel (n) Barrel roller bearing barrel roller bearing (n) barrier (n) baryon (n) base (n) base board (n) base circle (n) base circle diameter (n) base current (n) base cylinder pitch (n) base diameter (n) base factor (n) base helix angle (n) base layer (n) base lead angle (n) base line (n) base load (n) base material (n) base metal (n) base pitch (n) base plate (n) base terminal (n) base time (n) base unit (n) base vector (n) baseplate (n) bases (n) basic atomic building block (n) basic Bessemer steel (n) basic bore (n) basic circuit (n) basic clock rate (n) basic component (n) basic converter steel (n) basic dimension (n) basic equation (n) basic equipment (n) Basic hole basic hole (n) basic integrals (n) basic JIT model (n) basic load types (pl) basic motion (n) basic movement (n) basic oxygen steelmaking process (n) basic position (n) basic pulse rate (n) basic series (n) basic setting (n) basic setup time (n) Basic shaft basic shaft (n) basic size (n) basic tolerance (n) basic vector (n) basic work bench type (n) Basic workstation type basic workstation type (n) basin (n) basis (n) basket guard (n) basket strainer (n) batch (n) batch (v) batch production (n) batch production/manufacturing (n) batch size (n) batch size optimisation for external procurement (n) batch size optimisation for in-house production (n) batch size planning (n) batch size problem (n) batch splitting (n) bath lubrication (n) bathing facility (n) batten (n) batten luminaire (n) battery (n) battery charger (n) battery compartment (n) battery crate (n) battery discharge (n) battery frame (n) battery operated locomotive (n) battery power supply system (n) battery rack (n) battery tester (n) battery-operated (adj) battery-operated locomotive (n) battery-powered (adj) bay (n) bayonet base (n) bayonet cap (n) bayonet catch (n) bayonet holder (n) bayonet joint (n) bayonet lock (n) bayonet socket (n) be applied (v) be arranged (v) be craned into the hoistway (v) be flush with (adj) be in alignment (v) be in line (v) be in motion (v) be in operation (v) be in progress (v) be less than (v) be located (v) be prominently displayed (adj) be situated (v) be struck (v) be suspended (v) be tight-fitting (v) bead (n) bead (v) bead on plate weld (n) beam (n) beam (v) beam resisting bending moments (n) beam splitter (n) beam subject to bending (n) Beam theory beam welding (n) bear (v) bear on (v) Bearing bearing (adj) bearing (n) bearing arrangement (roller bearing) (n) bearing block (n) bearing bore (n) bearing bronze (n) bearing bush (n) bearing cage (n) bearing case (n) bearing casing (n) bearing circumference (n) bearing clearance (n) bearing code (n) bearing component (n) bearing cone (n) bearing damage (n) bearing data (n) bearing deflection (n) bearing design (n) bearing design (roller bearing) (n) bearing designation (n) bearing end plate (n) bearing extractor (n) bearing flange (n) bearing friction (n) bearing friction force (n) bearing gland (n) bearing housing (n) bearing hub (n) bearing length (n) bearing lining (n) bearing load (n) bearing losses (pl) bearing lubrication (n) bearing material (n) bearing metal (n) bearing neck (n) bearing pad (n) bearing pedestal (n) bearing play (n) bearing pressure (n) bearing puller (n) bearing reaction (n) bearing ring (n) bearing rotation speed (n) bearing seal (n) bearing seat (n) bearing seat surface (n) bearing selection (n) bearing shell (n) bearing size (n) bearing slackness (n) bearing sleeve (n) bearing stool (n) bearing stress at the nut bearing surface (n) bearing stress at the screw head bearing surface (n) bearing surface (n) bearing type (n) bearing type (roller bearing) (n) bearing wear (n) beat (n) beat (v) beater (n) become out of phase (v) become slack (adj) become slack (v) bed (n) bed (frames) (n) bed passenger lift (n) bed-type milling machine (n) bedplate (n) beep (n) begin (v) beginning (n) behavior (n) behavior in fire (n) behaviour (n) behaviour in fire (n) bell closure (n) bell crank (n) bell curve (n) bell-crank lever (n) bell-shaped curve (n) Belleville spring (n) Belleville washer bellows coupling (n) belt (n) Belt conveyor belt conveyor (n) belt conveyor gallery (n) belt drive (n) belt filter press (n) belt force (n) belt grinder (n) belt guard (n) belt preload force (n) belt pretension (n) belt pretension force (n) belt pretensioning (n) belt sander (n) belt slip (n) belt tension (n) belt tensioner (n) belt tightener (n) belt training (n) belt transmission (n) belt troughingidler set (conveyor) (n) belted motor drive (n) bench (n) bench dog (n) bench drill (n) bench drilling machine (n) bench plane (n) bench press (n) bench unit (n) bench vice (n) bench vise (n) benchmark (n) benchmark (v) Benchmarking benchmarking (n) bend (n) bend (v) bend press (n) bend test (n) Bending bending (n) bending apparatus (n) bending crack (n) bending die (n) bending fatigue strength (n) bending free of transverse forces (n) bending impact test (n) bending line (n) bending load (n) bending machine (n) Bending moment bending moment (n) bending moment behaviour (n) bending plant (n) bending press (n) bending radius (n) bending spring (n) bending strain (n) bending strength (n) bending stress (n) bending stress fatigue limit (n) Bending test bending test (n) bent (adj) Bernoulli's equation (n) Bessemer steel (n) better-than-average (adj) bevel (v) bevel angle (n) bevel edge (n) Bevel gear bevel gear (n) bevel gear drive (n) bevel gear pair (n) bevel gear teeth (n) bevel gearing (n) bevel pinion (n) bevel pinion gear (n) bevel spur gear (n) bevelled (adj) bevelled cutter (n) bevelling shear (n) bi-folding door (n) bias (n) bias (v) biased (adj) Bibby coupling bidirectional (adj) bifurcated (adj) bifurcation (n) big (adj) Bijection bijection (n) bill of material type (n) bill of materials (n) bill of materials processing (n) bimetal (n) Bimetallic corrosion bimodal trailer technology (n) bimodal transport system (road railer) (n) bin (n) bin picking (n) binary character (n) binary number (n) bind (v) binder (n) binder screw (n) Binomial coefficient binomial coefficient (n) binormal vector (n) bio-reactor (n) biodegradable (adj) biological composite material (n) Biomechanics biomechanics (n) bipolar (adj) bird-caging (n) bisect (v) bistable (adj) Bistable multivibrator circuit - bistable multivibrator or flip-flop circuits have two stable output states. If the circuit receives an input signal, the output assumes a defined state. This state is maintained even when the control signal is no lo bit (n) bit sharpener (n) bivalent bearing (n) black box (n) blacksmith (n) blade (n) blade chaser (n) blade holder (n) blade-type fuse (n) blank (adj) blank (n) blank (v) blank pass (n) blank-component drawing (n) blanking line (n) blanking system (n) blast (v) blast furnace (n) bleachery (n) bleaching plant (n) bleed (v) bleed off (v) bleeder screw (n) bleeding (n) blend (n) blend (v) blind hole (n) Blind rivet blind rivet nut (n) blink (v) blister (n) block (n) block (v) block and tackle (n) block brake (n) block diagram (n) block plane (n) block rack (n) block storage (n) block train traffic (n) blocked (adj) blocking capability (n) blow (v) blow impact test (n) blow mould machine (n) blow moulding (plastics) (n) blow-off valve (n) blowdown (n) blowdown pipe (n) blowdown valve (n) blower (n) blowing sweep (n) blunt (adj) blur (v) BMS (n) board (n) board (v) board (a car) (v) boarding arrows (pl) boarding time (n) boat builder's yard (n) boat cover (n) boat cover material (n) boat davit (n) boat drive (n) boat heater (n) boat horn (n) boat mast (n) boat repair (n) boat service (n) boating equipment (n) boating supplies (n) bob (n) bobbin (n) body (n) Body axis body axis (n) body centrode (n) body contact (n) body force (n) Body measurements body measurements (n) body movement (n) body of revolution (n) body posture (n) Body type body type (n) body-centred cubic (adj) body-centred cubic structure (n) boiler (n) boiler (steam) drum (n) boiler acid-cleaning (n) boiler acid-cleaning connection (n) boiler acid-cleaning effluent (n) boiler assembly drawing (n) boiler attendant (n) boiler availability (n) boiler availability period (n) boiler availability test (n) boiler base load (n) boiler blow down tank / vessel (n) boiler casing (n) boiler circulating pump (n) boiler circulation ratio (n) boiler circulatory system (n) boiler combustion chamber (n) boiler control room (n) boiler convection pass (n) boiler damage (n) boiler draught (n) boiler draught loss (n) boiler efficiency (n) boiler efficiency heat loss method (n) boiler efficiency input-output method (n) boiler fittings (pl) boiler flash tank / vessel (n) boiler fouling (n) boiler furnace (n) boiler hopper (n) boiler inspection (n) boiler level (n) boiler load (n) boiler load rejection (n) boiler load response rate (n) boiler low-load circulation system (n) boiler make-up feed (n) boiler master control program (n) boiler master control programme (n) boiler metal cladding (n) boiler operator (n) boiler overhaul (n) boiler pass (n) boiler recirculation line (n) boiler recirculation mode of operation (n) boiler recirculation system (n) boiler recirculation water (n) boiler retrofitting (n) boiler running time (n) boiler seam (n) boiler service period (n) boiler start-up (n) boiler steel shot cleaning (n) boiler structural supporting steelwork (n) boiler support (n) boiler supporting structure (n) boiler thermal expansion (n) boiler thermal growth (n) boiler transfer from once-through to recirculation (n) boiler wall cladding (n) boiler water treatment (n) boiler with corrugated flues (n) boiling point (n) bolt (n) bolt (v) bolt die (n) Bolt fastening bolt head (n) bolt switch (n) bolt to (v) bolt together (v) Bolt/screw connection bolted (adj) bolted connection (n) bolted joint (n) Bolts and screws BOM type (n) bond (v) bond (between concrete and reinforcement) (n) bond strength (n) bond type (n) Bonded connection bonded connection (n) bonded stacking (n) bonding (n) bonding (plastics) (n) book-cover making machine (n) bookbinder's tool (n) bookbinding machine (n) boom (n) boost (v) booster (n) booster burner (n) booster fan (n) booster pump (n) boot (n) border (n) borderline case (n) bore (n) bore (v) bore cap (n) bore circlip (n) bore code (n) bore hole (n) bore retaining ring (n) bore snap ring (n) borehole (n) borehole liner (n) borehole liner (of hydraulic lifts) (n) boring (n) boring bit (n) boring bush (n) boring head (n) boring machine (n) boring tool (n) boss (n) bottle (n) bottle (v) bottleneck (n) bottom (n) bottom boom (n) bottom chord (n) bottom clearance (n) bottom hole (n) bottom land (n) bottom opening (n) bottom side (n) bottom transom (n) bottoming tap (n) bounce (v) bound (v) boundary (n) boundary element method (n) boundary layer (n) bow (n) Bowden control (n) Bowden wire (n) bowk (n) bowl (n) box (n) Box girder box pallet (n) box pallet with mesh panels (n) box section (profiles) (n) box spanner (n) box wrench (n) box-column drilling machine (n) box-frame construction (n) box-type column (n) box-type construction (n) brace (n) brace (v) brace bit (n) braced beam (n) bracing (n) bracket (n) bracket crane (n) bracket table (n) braid (n) braid (v) braid wire (n) braid-plaiting machine (n) braided (adj) braiding (n) Braille (n) Braille lettering (n) brainstorming (n) Brake brake (n) brake (v) brake air hose (n) brake application time (n) brake assist (n) brake block holder (n) brake block shoe (n) brake cable (n) brake circuit (n) brake cleaning (n) brake combination (n) brake disc (n) brake fluid (n) brake hose (n) brake lever (n) brake lever fulcrum (n) brake lifting (n) brake lifting device (n) brake lifting magnet (n) brake lining (n) brake lining lathe (n) brake lining rivet (n) brake magnet (n) brake module (n) brake motor (n) brake pad wear (n) brake part (n) brake pipeline (n) brake power (n) brake pressure (n) brake rectifier (n) brake release device (n) brake release lever (n) brake repair device (n) brake rod (n) brake screw (n) brake service (n) brake shoe (n) brake sign (n) brake test (n) brake test signal (n) brake torque (n) brake wire (n) brake-lining drill (n) brake-to-brake flight time (n) braking (n) braking action (n) braking controller (n) braking deceleration (n) braking deceleration of the car (n) braking distance (n) braking effect (n) braking energy (n) braking force (n) braking magnet (n) braking mode (n) braking path (n) braking power (n) braking process (n) braking resistor (n) braking system (n) braking test (n) braking torque (n) braking winding (n) branch (n) branch (v) branch box (n) branch circuit (n) branch line (n) branch terminal (n) brand (n) brass (n) brass-plate (v) braze (v) Brazing brazing solder (n) bread maker (n) breadboard (n) breadboard circuit (n) break (n) break (v) break a circuit (v) break behaviour (n) break contact (n) break coupler (n) break down (v) break in (v) break off (v) break point (n) break resistance (n) break-glass box (n) break-glass call point (n) breakage strength (n) breakaway starting current (n) breakaway torque (n) breakdown (n) breakdown potential (n) breakdown service (n) breakdown torque (n) Breakdown voltage breaking (n) breaking capacity (n) breaking current (n) breaking force (n) breaking length (n) breaking load of rope (n) breaking strength (n) breaking-in period (n) breast pump (n) breasted (adj) Bredt-Batho formulae Bredt-Batho theory (n) brewery (n) brewery machine (n) brewing liquor treatment plant (n) brickwork (n) bridge (n) bridge (v) bridge across (v) bridge circuit (n) bridge connection (n) Bridge crane bridge crane (n) bright (adj) bright chromium-plated (adj) bright-annealed (adj) bright-drawn (adj) bright-rolled (adj) brightness (n) brightness control (n) brine evaporator (n) Brinell hardness (n) Brinell hardness number (n) Brinell hardness test Brinell hardness test (n) bring about (v) bring close to (v) bring into the hoistway (v) bring out (v) bring out of engagement (v) bring out of mesh (v) briquetting facility (n) British standard fine thread (n) British standard thread (n) brittle (adj) brittle behaviour (n) brittle fracture (n) broach (n) broach (v) broach slide (n) Broaching broaching (n) broaching head (n) broaching machine (n) broaching speed (n) broaching stroke (n) broad (adj) broad band (n) broad-band interference (n) broad-band noise (n) broadband cable (n) broadcasting wave (n) broken (adj) broken line (n) bronze (v) bronze cable (n) bronze stranded wire (n) bronze wire (n) BRS seal (n) brush (n) brush (v) bubble (n) bubble-free (adj) bucket content (n) bucket elevator (n) bucket pump (n) bucket sealing machine (n) buckle (v) buckling (n) buckling bar (n) buckling column (n) buckling factor (n) buckling force (n) buckling in steelwork (n) buckling length (n) buckling load (n) buckling resistance (n) buckling strength (n) buckling stress (n) buckling stress curves (pl) buckling stress diagram (n) buckling stress lines (pl) buckling test (n) buckling-arm robot (n) buffer (n) buffer (v) buffer circuit (n) buffer on the car top (n) buffer plate (n) buffer plunger (n) buffer striker plate (n) buffer stroke (n) buffer time (n) buffered effect (n) buffered return movement (n) buffing (n) buffing machine (n) buffing wheel (n) bug (n) build (v) build in (v) build up (v) build-up (n) build-up edge (n) build-up welding (n) builder (n) builder's hoist (n) building (n) building block (n) building control system (n) building drawing (n) building hoist (n) building management system (n) building occupancy (n) building owner (n) building population (n) building services (n) building services management system (n) building services station (n) building settlement (n) building site lift (n) building site pump (n) building slab press (n) building technology (n) building use (n) building-block principle (n) building-up time (n) built-in (adj) built-in component (n) built-in connector (n) built-in cylinder (n) built-in halogen lamp (n) built-in part (n) built-in system (n) built-in telephone (n) built-in unit (n) built-in-motor (n) bulb (n) bulge (n) bulk (n) bulk cargo (n) bulk material (n) bulk plastic (n) bulkhead light fitting (n) bulky (adj) bullnose plane (n) bump (into/against) (v) bumper bar (n) bundle of pipes (n) bunker (n) buoyancy force (n) buoyant force (n) burden (n) burden (v) Burgers vector (n) buried (adj) buried cable (n) burn off (v) burn out (v) burnable (adj) burner air swirler (n) burner belt height (n) burner casing (n) burner commissioning spares (n) burner front (n) burner fuel return barrel (n) burner fuel return flow (n) burner fuel return line (n) burner fuel supply barrel (n) burner fuel supply flow (n) burner fuel supply line (n) burner gas element (n) burner gun (n) burner gun assembly with coupling yoke (n) burner gun retract mechanism (n) burner heat load (n) burner management system (n) burner mounting plate (n) burner primary air (n) burner quarl (n) burner quarl box (n) burner swirl-vane assembly (n) burner thermal ouput (n) burner throat (n) burner tip assembly (n) burner tip sealing (n) burner turndown range (n) burner valves and accessories station (n) burner windbox (n) burner-belt heat release (rate) (n) burning (n) burnisher (n) burnout chamber (n) burr (n) burr removing (n) burst (v) burst strength factor (n) burst test (n) bursting pressure (n) bus (n) bus architecture (n) bus cable (n) bus interface (n) bus line (n) bus structure (n) busbar (n) bush (n) bush chain (n) Bushido bushing (n) business areas (n) business segments (n) busy (adj) busy state (n) butt (adj) butt (n) butt (v) butt hinge plane (n) butt joint (n) butt riveted joint (n) butt seam (n) butt seam weld (n) butt strap (n) butt weld (n) butter making machine (n) butter packing machine (n) butterfly nut (n) butterfly valve (n) button (n) buttress screw thread (n) buttress thread (n) buyer (n) buzz (v) buzzer (n) buzzer signal (n) buzzing sound (n) by hand (adj) by machine (adj) by-pass (v) by-pass valve (n) bypass (n) bypass (v) bypass capacitor (n) bypass circuit (n) bypass switch (n) bypass valve (n) byte (n)