Please tell me best word
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Posted by: Gary Kemp ® 07/30/2005, 19:26:57 Author Profile Mail author Edit

In Aircraft structures we say Lightening hole if it is primarily for weight reduction.

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Posted by: randykimball ® 05/30/2005, 21:42:52 Author Profile Mail author Edit

If you want a word phrase to describe a blind hole in a flywheel to effect a balance I would use "balancing hole/s, as required". If you want a word for a blind hole (a hole with a bottom) in a casting (for example) to effect a weight savings your word "pocket" is perfect English and will be clearly understood by English speaking engineers and/or operators. If you want a hole all the way through the material (you can see through it), I would use "hole" (if it is round) or "window" (if it is not round). Additionally, shell is used to describe a shape similar to an empty box or machined out cavity leaving a wall thickness typical all over often with a draft angle. Actually (I bet you know) Shell is the reserved word used to cause this to happen in many CAD systems. Which you will use depends on the application. ..Have I helped any? -randy The worst suggestion of your lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, never let suggestions go unsaid nor fail to listen to them. Modified by randykimball at Mon, May 30, 2005, 21:53:17

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