sliding fit

British

noun

Also called: push fit. engineering a fit that enables one part to be inserted into another by sliding or pushing, rather than by hammering

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The frame affords journal bearing to a ring a, having four projections b, to which are a close but easy sliding fit, the steadying jaws c.

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There are in general machine work four kinds of fit, as follow: The working or sliding fit; the driving fit; the hydraulic press fit; and the shrinkage fit.

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Sixth, this will leave the bottom brass a tight driving fit, and the top a hand sliding fit, which is desirable, because the top brass has to be taken out to get the rod off while the bottom brass remains in its place.

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It is obvious that in a working or sliding fit the enveloped piece must be smaller than that enveloping it, or one piece could not pass within the other.

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These contain two dies; the upper one, which meets the threaded end of c, being a sliding fit, and the joint faces being formed as shown at a, b.

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