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TRAVELLING-HEAD JOINTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

surfacer: A planer having a single peripheral-milling cutterblock mounted between two bottom beds that are stepped so as to give the desired thickness of cut, i.e. depth of surfacing, to the work-piece; generally hand-fed .... A power-driven travelling-head veneer jointer smooths the edges of long veneer sheets, the veneer being held stationary in a clamp while a peripheral-milling cutterblock does the smoothing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Machine servant à lisser les rives d'une longue feuille de placage en même temps que celle-ci est maintenue pour permettre à un porte-couteau d'effectuer le surfaçage.

OBS

porte-outil : mot composé invariable.

Spanish

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