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work hardening en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either desirable or undesirable depending on the aims and circumstances in a metalworking task.)
   • The toolpath strategies for milling inconel must account for the work hardening that the cutting tool induces.

Forms

Relateds

cold rolling · cold working

Synonyms

strain hardening

Translations (11)

it incrudimento (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · de Kaltumformung (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · fi muokkauslujittuminen (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · uk на́клеп (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · fr écrouissage (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · el ενδοτράχυνση (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · pt encruamento (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · el εργοσκλήρυνση (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · ru наклёп (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · fi kylmämuokkaus (repeated plastic deformation of a material) · de Kaltumformen (repeated plastic deformation of a material)