The wars that took place in the twentieth century, forced the manufacturers of weapons and metal to re-evaluate the capabilities of these industries. After all, progress does not stand still, and the consumer needs more and more new models of goods. For people who often come across industrial terms, the word "blank" is not new. So what is a blank?
Kings of metallurgy
Any pan, pan, skeleton of a car is a metal part, which is processed in a special way, giving it the desired shape. To make the delivery of the base more “comfortable”, the iron is formed in a special way in dense monolithic ingots of different sizes. Such an ingot is a blank.
Metal rolling is familiar to most ordinary people only in films. Few people know that this is a continuous process that requires maximum attention and skill from the steelworkers. In order to protect the workers of the hot shop while fulfilling the assigned tasks, they try to reduce the time of interaction with the hot mass. Hot alloy is poured into special forms, forming blanks for sale.
Ancient roots
Of course, "blank" is a strange word. Do you know that it was created from an older version of “idiot” and “idol”? It comes from the Pre-Slavic language. The word "blockhead" is most often called stone idols mounted on the temple, or huge boulders and boulders that fell off the cliff.
In craftwork, blanks are called templates or blanks used for further work. Not for nothing in the old days were apprentices or apprentices making stuff in their chosen case. Wooden spoons, clay pots are a prime example. With the advent of computer technology, it has become the norm to call drives or discs discs. This does not apply to everyone, but only clean, ready to record.
