What is "mandril"

mandril \mandril\ n. any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts. [Written also manderil and mandrel.]

Syn: spindle, mandrel, arbor.

Mandrel \Man"drel\, n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.)

1. A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

2. The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

   Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.

n. (alternative spelling of mandrel English)

n. any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, arbor]

MANDRIL is integrated software produced by Lockheed Martin UK IS&S Ltd (formerly STASYS Ltd) for the analysis of Tactical Data Links. It is an acronym of Message ANalysis and Data Reduction for the Integration of Links. MANDRIL can decode and analyse recordings of data link traffic from Link 16 ( TADIL J), Link 11 ( TADIL-A & B), Link 22, VMF and so on.