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kerf  (kûrf)
n.
1. A groove or notch made by a cutting tool, such as a saw or an ax.
2. The width of a groove made by a cutting tool.
[Middle English, from Old English cyrf, a cutting; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
kerf [kɜːf]
n
the cut made by a saw, an axe, etc.
[Old English cyrf a cutting; related to Old English ceorfan to carve]
Translations
kerf
n → Kerbe f, → Einschnitt m


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Five major areas of melt loss exist in a foundry: dross and furnace skimmings; metal spills and mixed metal; saw kerfs or cuttings; dust collector fines; and spilled sand and core butts that contain metal.
Improve profitability by reducing aluminum melting costs by Robison, Stephen T. / Modern Casting
Narrow-cut widths, or kerfs, were achieved ranging from one-tenth to three-tenths of an inch across.
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Owens-Corning has learned through trial and error how to fabricate polypropylene folding dies to fold the mat into tiny kerfs in the core profile and wrap it completely and tightly around the core.
For license: pultrusion with insulating core by Naitove, Matthew H. / Plastics Technology
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