Mandrel (disambiguation)
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A mandrel is an object used to shape machined work, a tool component that grips or clamps materials to be machined, or a tool component that can be used to grip other moving tool components
Mandrel may also refer to:
- Mandrel (bending), a device inserted into a pipe or tube to keep it from collapsing during bending
- Mandrel (catheter), the metal guide for flexible catheters
- Mandrel (electronics) was the code-name of a World War II electronic counter-measure used by the RAF.
- Mandrel Screen, a Royal Air Force aviation patrol in December 1942 employing the radar jammers during World War II
- Mandrel wrapping, a technique used in multimode fiberoptics
- Operation Mandrel, a series of 53 American nuclear tests in 1969 and 1970