cylindrical grinder


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cylindrical grinder

[sə′lin·drə·kəl ′grīnd·ər]
(mechanical engineering)
A machine for doing work on the peripheries or shoulders of workpieces composed of concentric cylindrical or conical shapes, in which a rotating grinding wheel cuts a workpiece rotated from a power headstock and carried past the face of the wheel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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For Strite, the answer to these requirements was a new Studer S31 universal cylindrical grinder, a compact machine for medium-size workpieces from United Grinding, Miamisburg, OH.
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Modularly designed for quick setup and changeover, state-of-the-art digital control and drive systems, and user-friendly step-by-step programming makes the $31 universal cylindrical grinder a flexible solution to a wide variety of internal and external grinding applications.
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