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WHEEL-DRESSER [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Grinding (Machine-Tooling)
DEF

A tool for cleaning, resharpening, and restoring the mechanical accuracy of the cutting faces of grinding wheels.

OBS

Dressing is the operation of cleaning or restoring the sharpness of the wheel face that has become dulled or loaded with material being ground.

OBS

There are several types of wheel dressers: diamond-point, rotary-type, star-type, etc.

OBS

wheel dresser : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Meulage (Usinage)
DEF

Outil servant au nettoyage, au réaffûtage et à la remise en état du mécanisme de précision des surfaces tranchantes d'une meule.

OBS

dresse-meule : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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