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MACHINE FORMER [44 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2025-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2025-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • glass forming machine operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2023-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2023-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • slab off machine tender - rubber products manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2023-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • fiberglass machine operator - plastic manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2023-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • can forming machine operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2023-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • opérateur de machine à former les blocs ressorts
  • opératrice de machine à former les blocs ressorts

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2023-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • hoop punching and hoop coiling machine operator - metal products manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2023-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2023-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2023-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • metal forming machine set up operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)
Key term(s)
  • régleur opérateur de machine à former le métal
  • régleuse opératrice de machine à former le métal

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2023-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • metal forming machine tender

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 13 - external organization data 2023-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2023-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 15 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bag forming machine: an item in the "Papermaking Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

machine à former des sacs : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement pour la fabrication du papier» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 16 2020-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Glass Industry
Key term(s)
  • fiberglass spinning machine operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Industrie du verre

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A machine that automatically forms a cylinder from a metal body blank and then crimps, solders, welds or cements the side seam.

OBS

This machine is used in three-piece can manufacturing. Another type of bodymaker, also called "wall ironer", is used for two-piece cans (to form beverage can bodies, for example).

Key term(s)
  • body-maker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en métal
OBS

Cette machine sert à former des corps de boîtes trois pièces. Une machine à former les corps différente est utilisée pour la fabrication des boîtes deux pièces comme les canettes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas y equipo de embalaje
  • Embalajes de metal
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Record 18 2006-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

Beverage Cans ... The bodymakers are long-stroke presses for successively redrawing and 3-stage wall ironing the can body, and finally inwardly doming the base before the can is stripped from the punch.

Key term(s)
  • body maker
  • body-maker
  • wall-ironer
  • body maker press
  • body-maker press

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en métal
OBS

Cette machine est utilisée pour former des corps de boîtes deux pièces, notamment les corps de canettes. Un type différent de machine à former les corps est utilisé pour les boîtes trois pièces.

Spanish

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Record 19 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former par décharge électrique dans un liquide : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former les fils : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 21 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former par extrusion hydrostatique : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 22 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former par champ magnétique : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 23 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former les feuilles ou les bandes : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 24 2004-04-05

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

machine à former par explosion : Extrait de la norme NF-E60-000 reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 25 2001-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Bending
  • Metal Shaping
DEF

A machine that shapes sheet metal to a desired curve by means of rollers.

OBS

roll forming: Metal forming by using contoured rolls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cintrage et pliage (Métallurgie)
  • Profilage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Machine effectuant le roulage des pièces métalliques.

Spanish

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Record 26 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A machine that automatically forms a pouch or bag from various types of web stocks and dispenses product into this formed pouch. Sealing then completes the package. Machines come in a vertical or horizontal axis with constant and intermittent speeds.

Key term(s)
  • form-fill-seal
  • F/F/S

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
DEF

Machine fabriquant, remplissant et fermant les sachets une fois remplis.

Spanish

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Record 27 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines

Spanish

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Record 28 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Metal Joining)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

heading machine: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement pour l'assemblage des métaux
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

machine à former les têtes : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 29 1993-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Glass
DEF

In the manufacture of glass containers, a machine designed to make gobs, a controlled mass or globule of molten glass fed into the mould by a feeder.

OBS

See the definition of "gob" in the Glossary of Packaging Terms (code: GREPA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en verre
DEF

Dans l'élaboration du verre d'emballage, machine utilisée pour former les gouttes de verre (ou paraisons) devant tomber dans le moule.

OBS

Les feeders amènent le verre à l'aplomb des machines de formage. Pour un type de machine et l'article à produire, il faut former des gouttes de verre (paraison [...] dont la température (différente de celle de la braise) doit être homogène et constante, la forme et le poids invariables.

Spanish

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Record 30 1988-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
  • Outillage industriel
OBS

Guide des fournisseurs de l'industrie alimentaire, 1985, p. 16

Spanish

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Record 31 1986-10-07

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 32 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 33 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 34 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 35 1986-10-07

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 36 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 37 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 38 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 39 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 40 1986-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage

Spanish

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Record 41 1986-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 42 1983-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
OBS

Official title no 8119-230 of the Canadian Classification of Occupations.

OBS

(MINING & QUARRYING).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

Appellation officielle no 8119-230 de la Classification canadienne descriptive des professions.

OBS

(MINES ET CARRIÈRES).

Spanish

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Record 43 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien

Spanish

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Record 44 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Footwear (Clothing)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Chaussures (Vêtements)

Spanish

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