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TRIM DIE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
DEF

A machine for trimming notched edges on shells. The slide is cam driven so as to obtain a brief dwell at the bottom of the stroke, at which time the die, sometimes called a shimmy die, oscillates to trim the part.

Key term(s)
  • flat-edge trimming press
  • flat-edge trimmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swaging of Metals
CONT

A flat edge trimmer is a machine for trimming notched edges on shells. The slide is cam driven so as to obtain a brief dwell at the bottom of the stroke, at which time the die, sometimes called a shimmy die, oscillates to trim the part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emboutissage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Outil utilisé spécialement pour le détourage de pièces embouties de forme autre que circulaire; la translation de la matrice dans quatre directions est faite par des cames montées dans le support-matrice ou sur la table d'une presse spéciale.

Spanish

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