Glossary
Timing Device Assembler Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential timing device assembler terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key timing device assembler vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in timing device assembler training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Beat
- Tick.
- Calibration
- Adjusting accuracy.
- Clean bench
- Dust-free workstation.
- Escapement
- Releases energy in steps.
- Gear train
- Connected gears.
- Jewel bearing
- Synthetic bearing.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- Loupe
- Magnifier.
- Lubrication point
- Where oil goes.
- Micron
- One millionth of a meter.
- Movement
- Mechanism.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Rate
- Timing accuracy.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Tolerance
- Allowed variation.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Timing Device Assembler practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Timing Device Assembler training.
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