Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: continuous broaching
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
Broaching removes material with a multi-tooth tool where each successive tooth removes a small additional chip. Different machine configurations suit internal, external, or surface features and varying production rates.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
In continuous broaching, the broach is held stationary while parts move continuously (often on a conveyor or chain), passing across the tool to machine surfaces at high rates. This contrasts with pull/push broaching where the tool travels through or over stationary work, and with surface broaching where the tool typically traverses the work but not necessarily in a continuous production line.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Identify motion: work moves; tool stationary.Associate with production: continuous transfer of parts → continuous broaching.Therefore, select “continuous broaching”.
Verification / Alternative check:
Automotive lines employ continuous broaching for high throughput on flats, slots, and profiles.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Pull/push broaching move the tool, not the work, in discrete strokes; surface broaching describes the feature type rather than the continuous transfer-line method; rotary swaging is a forming process, not broaching.
Common Pitfalls:
Confusing feature type (surface vs internal) with the production mode (continuous); assuming all broaching requires tool motion only.
Final Answer:
continuous broaching
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