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MACHINE CONSOLE [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-23

English

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

Knee-and-column-type milling machines. Knee-and-column type machines, in the horizontal version, have the spindle mounted in the column at a fixed height, and have the capability of positioning three sliding motions. Vertical motion is obtained by sliding the knee member up and down on the central stationary column.

OBS

The terms "knee-and-column (-type) machine", "column and knee (type) machine" and "column-and-knee-type machine" are often used for this concept when the context demonstrates that they refer to milling machines. Otherwise, the other terms are used.

Key term(s)
  • knee and column miller
  • knee and column type miller
  • knee type miller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Fraiseuse à console mobile. Elle est encore actuellement la plus répandue parmi les petites machines; la table de travail est à mouvements croisés et se déplace horizontalement sur la face supérieure d'une console qui est fixée à la face avant du montant (du bâti) par des glissières verticales.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines

Spanish

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