push fit
Britishnoun
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In ordinary machine construction, five classes of fits are used, viz; running fit, push fit, driving fit, forced fit and shrinkage fit.
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The running fit, as the name implies, is employed when parts must rotate; the push fit is not sufficiently free to rotate; the other classes referred to are used for assembling parts that must be held in fixed positions.
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Formerly, these sleeves were given two treatments after carburization in order to refine the case and the core, and then sent to the grinding department, where they were ground to a push fit for the hubs.
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