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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

(...) an automatic machine which indexes or transfers the workpiece and its fixture from station to station while many operations are performed on it. It is a combined material-processing and material-handling machine (...) The most common method [of work handling in transfer machines] entails clamping the workpiece to a fixture which is moved from station to station and is located at each station while the operations are performed. The fixture may be guided on ways or moved "free" on a roller conveyor.  2, record 1, English, - transfer%20machine

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

machine-outil dans laquelle les pièces à traiter sont automatiquement transférées aux divers postes où elles doivent être travaillées.  2, record 1, French, - machine%2Dtransfert

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

De telles installations ont été créées par l'industrie automobile et conviennent à des usinages de pièces en très grandes séries, comme les blocs-moteurs d'automobiles, par exemple.  3, record 1, French, - machine%2Dtransfert

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Le pluriel est "machines-transferts".  4, record 1, French, - machine%2Dtransfert

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish