coilers
Rope-winding machines
Coilers are machines or workers that wind material into coils—cable, wire, rope, or sheet metal.
In manufacturing, coilers shape steel into rolls for storage and transport.
The term also applies to snakes or other creatures that coil: The coilers in the reptile exhibit wrapped themselves around branches.
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
- spoolingTemporary data staging
- wireThin metallic conductor
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
springs · reels · spools · coilgun · inductors · solenoids · transformers · electromagnets
Elongated legless reptiles
- pythonsNon-venomous squeezing snakes
- boasSqueezing serpents or wraps
- constrictorsSnakes killing by compression
- vipersVenomous fanged serpents
reptiles · slithering · striking · curling · wrapping · squeezing · basking · scales
Stretched or strained state
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- torsionRotational strain force
- spiralCurve winding around center
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
elasticity · suspension · automotive · flexibility · ductility · wire · gauge · pitch
winding
Curving repeatedly, sinuous
tubing · springs · reels · spools · coilgun · inductors · solenoids · transformers · electromagnets · armatures
serpents
Elongated legless reptiles
- pythonsNon-venomous squeezing snakes
- boasSqueezing serpents or wraps
- constrictorsSnakes killing by compression
vipers · reptiles · slithering · striking · curling · wrapping · squeezing · basking · scales · fangs
tension
Stretched or strained state
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- torsionRotational strain force
- spiralCurve winding around center
helix · elasticity · suspension · automotive · flexibility · ductility · wire · gauge · pitch · diameter
annealing
Heat-softening of metals
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
copper · aluminum · billets · rolling · extrusion · ductility · malleability · tensile · alloys · gauges
coilersstraighteners
Heated hair-smoothing tools
unwinders · flatteners · stretchers · extenders · rewinders
- coiled snakeSerpent wrapped in spirals
- coiled steel
- coiled cordSpiral-wound flexible connector
- coiled ropeLine wound in loops
- coiled cableSpiraled electrical connector
- coiled wireMetal spiraled around itself