Business / Machine Shop / Spindle: A rotating device widely used in machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, drill presses and so forth, to hold the cutting tools or the work and to give them their rotation.
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Science / Biology / Mitotic Spindle: A network of microtubules formed during prophase. Some microtubules attach to the centromeres of the chromosomes and help draw the chromosomes apart during anaphase. MORE
Science / Biology / Spindle Apparatus: Microtubule construction that aligns and segregates chromosomes during eukaryotic cell division. MORE
Business / Machine Shop / Spindle Speed: The RPM at which a machine is set. MORE
Business / Machine Shop / Back Gears: Gears fitted to a machine to increase the number of spindle speeds obtainable with a cone or step pulley belt drive. MORE
Business / Machine Shop / Morse Taper: A self-holding standard taper largely used on small cutting tools such as drills, end mills and reamers and, on some machines, spindles in which these tools are used. MORE