What do you call the types of process in which a material is covered by another one in order to make it more resistant to abrasion or to protect it against corrosion for example or improve its appearance?
coating
What is the primary manufacturing process, in which metallic substances or items are founded to make a metal in form of an ingot for instance called?
casting
What do you call the manufacturing process in which a molten material is injected into a mould by a machine called most commonly an extruder? (two-word answer)
injection molding
What is the term for the metallurgical process in which one or several materials in powder form are poured into a mould that is set under the appropriate pressure and temperature to make the desired parts by fusion?
sintering
What do you call in general is the process of applying a protective layer of zinc onto a metal (usually ferrous metals like steel)?
galvanization
What is the term referring to the assembling process using high heat to melt together parts made of a material (metals e.g. steel) and allowing them to cool, causing fusion?
welding
What is the term for the process of applying a coating of zinc to cold-reduces sheet, bar, structural, or to fabricated parts made from steel according to Galvani's method?
What is the metal- shaping process which uses a hammer to shape a heated workpiece called?
forging
What do you call the manufacturing process in which ductile metal sheets are shaped in a type of die using a high pressure aqueous hydraulic fluid to form objects at ambient temperature ?
hydroforming
What do you call the finishing process using an abrasive tool to obtain a smooth surface?
polishing
What is the cutting process in which a hole is made and then possibly enlarged by means of a multipoint, fluted or end cutting tool called?
drilling
What do you call the process in which a metal is molten to another material (usually another metal) in order to improve its properties?
alloying
What is the heat treatment in which metals (most commonly steels) are transformed from a brittle state to a more durable state called?
tempering
What do you call the metallurgical process in which a metal (often ferrous metals or precious metals) is covered with a layer of another metal?
What do you call the assembling process in which two or more items are joined together by melting and putting a filler metal (called ‘solder’) which has a lower melding point than the adjoining metal)?
Soldering
What is a material removal process in which a cutting tool is used to form a stationary object to produce a sculpted or planed surface called?
Milling
What do you call a material-shaping process, which uses a lathe?
Turning
What is the term for a transmission element that lies between two elements like shafts, and looks like a long band made of rubber or leather for example? It can be defined as well as a continuous band of tough flexible material for transmitting motion and power or conveying materials. (one word answer)
belt
What do you call an engine shaft fitted with a cam or cams?
camshaft
What do you call a transmission element between sprockets and consists of a series of links?
chain
What do you call a rotating mechanical device that is typically made of steel and rotates on conventional bearing? It is used to store energy or compensate irregular energy for other machine elements to perform
flywheel
What do you call a perforated block usually of metal that has an internal screw thread and is used on a bolt or screw for tightening or holding something?
nut
What do you call a fastener, which is placed with a riveting tongue?
rivet
What do you call a round machine element with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with a chain?
sprocket
What is the term for an element which closes, opens or regulates a fluid (a liquid or a gas, a fluidized slurry etc...)?
valve
What do you call an element, which prevents the escape of fluid and gases through the parting line between 2 parts?
seal
What do you call information which is kept between certain people and/or institutions and is not meant to be disclosed? (adjective)
confidential
What do you call the official permission granted for a determined period of time and a certain territory by the owner of a legal right (e.g. patent, copyright, trademark) to use, copy, or possibly even sell their invention, mark or creation?
prior art
What do you call the confidential and other types of “undisclosed information” which have commercial value and are protected against breach of confidence and other acts contrary to honest commercial practices (two-word- answer)
trade secret
What do you call the amount of money that a licensee pays to a licensor in exchange to import or manufacture a patented invention, or use a software a registered trademark, a protected design etc..?
royalty
What do you call - all creations of mind, creative works for which is not – or not anymore- protected by an exclusive intellectual property rights (e.g. patent, copyrights, trademarks, design rights. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable?
public domain
What do you call a lawyer with expertise in intellectual property law as it pertains to securing and protecting an inventor’s property rights to a unique, useful, and non-obvious invention? (two-word answer)
patent attorney
What do you call the legal protection (e.g. in Europe) preventing the manufacture, sale, or importation of articles bearing or embodying a design which is a copy of the protected colour or shape of an object (two-word- answer)
design rights
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