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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

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