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TRANSFER MACHINE [2 records]

Record 1 2000-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Household Cleaning and Maintenance
CONT

A first-generation dry-cleaning machine in which separate equipment is used for the washing and drying of clothes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Appareils de nettoyage et d'entretien (Arts ménagers)
OBS

Barrhead Cleaners, en Alberta, a remplacé leur machine traditionnelle de nettoyage à sec par une nouvelle machine à la fine pointe de la technologie. L'ancienne machine nécessitait un transfert manuel de vêtements humides vers l'unité de séchage, ce qui provoquait une perte de solvant, le perchloroéthylène, par évaporation.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transfer Machines
DEF

(...) an automatic machine which indexes or transfers the workpiece and its fixture from station to station while many operations are performed on it. It is a combined material-processing and material-handling machine (...) The most common method [of work handling in transfer machines] entails clamping the workpiece to a fixture which is moved from station to station and is located at each station while the operations are performed. The fixture may be guided on ways or moved "free" on a roller conveyor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines-transfert
DEF

machine-outil dans laquelle les pièces à traiter sont automatiquement transférées aux divers postes où elles doivent être travaillées.

OBS

De telles installations ont été créées par l'industrie automobile et conviennent à des usinages de pièces en très grandes séries, comme les blocs-moteurs d'automobiles, par exemple.

OBS

Le pluriel est "machines-transferts".

Spanish

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