tool and die
Precision manufacturing trade
Tool and die refers to the manufacturing specialty of creating precision instruments used to cut, shape, and form metal and other materials.
A tool is any device that performs a specific machining operation, while a die is a specialized tool that stamps, cuts, or molds material into a particular shape.
Someone who works in this field is a tool and die maker, a skilled trade requiring expertise in metalworking, blueprint reading, and machine operation.
He completed a four-year apprenticeship in tool and die.
- latheRotating shaping machine
- machine shopFacility for metal fabrication
- shop floorIndustrial production workspace
- moldForm-giving container
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
machining · metrology · grinding · drilling · mold making · toolmaker · skilled trades · trade school · blueprint reading · shaping · metalworking · press · precision engineering · tight tolerances · milling · metal fabrication · finishing · vocational training
- precision workwatchmaking, microsurgery, diamond cutting, gem cutting, clockwork
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- automakingassembly line, car factory, production line, final assembly, paint shop
- trade apprenticeshipjourneyman, trade school, skilled trades, training hours
- trade schoolstrade schools, trade school, vocational schools, vocational school, technical college
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
tool and diemass production
Large-scale standardized fabrication
assembly line · production line · assembly · line work · batch production
tool, tools, tooled, tooling, toolbox, toolkit, die, dies, died