Knurling is the metal modification process of creating small ridges along a metal object's surface to improve the ease with which such an object can be physically handled, lifted or gripped.
Knurling may refer to the process of modification and/or the machine attachment component that is used to create groves along a substrate's surface.
Knurlings (in terms of machine parts) typically have the following characteristics:
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