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workpan

workpan noun: a pan that is part of a machine or system that holds the work that the machine or system operates on.

Noun

workpan (plural workpans)

  1. A pan that is part of a machine or system that holds the work that the machine or system operates on.
    • These racks can be carried about and used as workpans or, because of the brackets on their sides, can be stacked one in the other and so used as bins.1948, Transport Management: The British Journal of Trade and Transport, page 46
    • To direct each workpan to its correct position, the conveyer pans have been designed with holes at both ends into which pins are inserted.1953, Charles Burton Gordy, Production Control, page 243

Examples of workpan in a sentence

  • Each version has a 12 x 20 inch bolster mounted in a 29 x 22 inch workpan, 14 inches deep.1969, Lester Gray French, Machinery - Volume 76, page 124:
  • An operator is required to set up the work, dress the graphite wheel, fill the workpan with the dielectric fluid and start the machining cycle.1970, Tooling - Volume 24, page 26:
  • A workpan is provided on the machine for setup of the work.2004, Rex Miller, Mark Richard Miller, Audel Machine Shop Tools and Operations, page 371:
  • Oil which appears black in the workpan is not necessarily dirty in the gap.1991, James A. Brown, Modern Manufacturing Processes, page 74:

Forms of workpan

pluralworkpans

Origin of workpan

From work + pan.

Questions about workpan

What does workpan mean?
Workpan means a pan that is part of a machine or system that holds the work that the machine or system operates on.
How do you use workpan in a sentence?
Each version has a 12 x 20 inch bolster mounted in a 29 x 22 inch workpan, 14 inches deep.
What part of speech is workpan?
Workpan is a noun.
What is the plural of workpan?
The plural of workpan is workpans.

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