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MOTOR SPINDLE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Dial indicator: An instrument used to check whether a scaife is running on a true plane perpendicular to the motor spindle.

OBS

Part of a scaife.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Partie d'une meule.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Cleaning and Maintenance
CONT

If strings or such do tangle around the drive belt and motor spindles you're in trouble - your upright vacuum cleaner's belt is likely to snap.

French

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

Spanish

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