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TRACER ATTACHMENT [2 records]

Record 1 1999-01-26

English

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

Reproducing attachment. These attachments are servomechanism controls which make use of a two- or three-dimensional master model, either stationary or rotating on centers. Non-uniform surfaces or rotation can be generated.

OBS

for "tracer attachment" : This term used in virtual exclusion of the others when referring to devices on milling machines, assuming the use of a tracer.

French

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

Dispositif qui transmet à l'outil le mouvement correspondant au profil d'un gabarit de forme ou de la génératrice d'une pièce montée entre pointes.

PHR

copiage longitudinal, copiage transversal.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lathe Work (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

When many duplicate parts, having several radii or contours which may be difficult to produce, are required, they may be easily made on a hydraulic tracer lathe or on a lathe equipped with a hydraulic tracer attachment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tournage sur métaux

Spanish

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