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Record 1 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

The dividing head is a device for holding and turning the workpiece so that a number of equally spaced divisions or cuts can be made around it. It consists of a headstock and a footstock. The workpiece may be held between centers (using the footstock), or it may be held in a chuck mounted on the headstock spindle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
DEF

Accessoire de fraisage servant au soutien de pièces longues ne pouvant être maintenues en l'air. (Termes et définition empruntés à l'ouvrage de R. Nadreau, Le tour et la fraiseuse, p. 418).

Key term(s)
  • contrepointe

Spanish

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