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FACING LATHE [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

An engine lathe that has a bed set at 90 ° to the spindle axis instead of the usual parallel arrangement so it can machine large disks where facing cuts predominate.

OBS

Definition adapted by the Comité interentreprises de la terminologie de l'usinage et des machines-outils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux
DEF

Tour avec fosse et banc séparé de la poupée fixe servant à usiner des pièces de grandes dimensions.

OBS

Définition rédigée par le Comité interentreprises de la terminologie de l'usinage et des machines-outils.

Spanish

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