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VERTICAL BORING TURNING MILL [1 record]

Record 1 1994-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
  • Boring (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

A lathe with a vertical turret head and a horizontal worktable.

CONT

A vertical boring machine is a turning machine, similar to a lathe turned on end. Workpieces are mounted on a horizontal table or chuck rotating about a vertical axis. Cutting tools are fed horizontally or vertically into the work.

OBS

for "boring mill" : This term is used to refer to a different type of machine. It is also generic, however, and sometimes the vertical boring mill is referred to as a type of boring mill.

Key term(s)
  • vertical turning mill
  • vertical boring and turning lathe
  • vertical boring and turning mill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux
  • Alésage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Tour muni d'une table rotative horizontale, monté sur un chariot à déplacements horizontal et vertical.

CONT

La caractéristique commune de tous les tours verticaux est de posséder au moins un plateau circulaire tournant sur siège fixe ou déplaçable. L'axe de rotation du plateau est vertical et la surface horizontale de ce plateau sert de face de support aux pièces à usiner ou aux montages devant supporter ces pièces.

Key term(s)
  • tour carrousel
  • tour à plateau vertical
  • tour vertical à plateau

Spanish

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