In
manufacturing or
mechanical engineering a groove is a long and narrow indentation built into a material, generally for the purpose of allowing another material or part to move within the groove and be guided by it. Examples include:
A canal
cut in a
hard material, usually
metal. This canal can be round, oval or an arc in order to receive another component such as a
boss, a
tongue or a
gasket. It can also be on the circumference of a
dowel, a
bolt, an
axle or on the outside or inside of a
tube or
pipe etc. This canal may receive a
circlip, an
o-ring, or a gasket.