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surface grinding machine [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Precision Grinding
DEF

A grinding machine that produces a plane surface.

CONT

Surface grinders. Surface grinding is accomplished by holding one or several workpieces on either a rotary or a reciprocating horizontal table and passing them through the cutting path of a rotating grinding wheel. The wheel may be mounted in either a vertical or a horizontal plane. Surface grinders are classed according to the axis of the grinding wheel as horizontal or vertical. Horizontally mounted wheels grind on their peripheries; vertically mounted wheels grind on their circular faces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rectification (Usinage)
CONT

Les machines à rectifier les surfaces planes, dites rectifieuses planes, engendrent les surfaces planes au moyen de meules de profil (meule plate cylindrique) ou de face (meule-tambour, meule-boisseau).

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à rectifier les surfaces planes : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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