1. In cutting metals the waste is chips or swarf and excess metal. 2. This would shed any swarf in file headers etc 3. A Type II chip is formed, and waste may be produced as continuous swarf . 4. There was proper shielding of the operator from chuck contact, coolant and flying swarf . 5. Due to its high surface area, swarf composed of some reactive metals can be highly flammable. 6. Dressing is cleaning the waste material ( swarf and loose abrasive ) from the surface and exposing fresh grit. 7. It is standard training for machinists, and usually a standing workplace rule, to avoid handling swarf with bare hands. 8. Lubricants are sometimes used to cool the workpiece and wheel, lubricate the interface, and remove swarf ( chips ). 9. Over the years, 137 spacecraft have exploded or broken up in orbit, leaving the earth encased in a shell of swarf . 10. Swarf or chips can be small particles ( such as the gritty swarf from stone fragments and dust ( as in masonry ).
