An unfinished piece of stock material that has been roughly cut, cast, or forged to approximate dimensions, ready for secondary manufacturing processes. It contains just enough volume to yield the final part after operations like turning, milling, stamping, or coining remove the excess. Starting with an optimized blank reduces machining time and minimizes material waste.
Heard on the job
Load the next batch of aluminum blanks into the CNC lathe for the facing operation.
Also heard as
- slug