milling machine

collocation in English

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milling
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪŋ/us
/ˈmɪl.ɪŋ/
moving around in a large group, with no particular purpose, or in no ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofmillingandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Below the test section a steel channel section beam, oriented perpendicularly to the flow direction, was affixed to the bed of amillingmachine.
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The laser delivery head (focussing optics) was mounted over the table of amillingmachine, with the laser axis inclined at 15° to the vertical.
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They proposed to replace an old verticalmillingmachineby a modern machine at a cost of about £8,000.
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There were incentive schemes and, if one left the guards off themillingmachine, one could load the work more quickly.
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The same goes for the chap further down, the man working on the lathe ormillingmachinewho has his part in building the aeroplane.
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In a technical college, for example, there might be an ordinarymillingmachinein the engineering department.
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A colleague at a small contract toolroom lost his hand in amillingmachineaccident.
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Really, we cannot segregate items which have a high conversion value, such as amillingmachine, and imagine that they are representative of the whole field.
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It would be almost as sensible to tax a lathe,millingmachine, universal grinder, capstan lathe or any of the other capital equipment of the engineering industry.
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Apart from general broad definitions, such as turners, fitters, grinders andmillingmachineoperatives, there were others, because new machinery had been introduced, bringing new methods.
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An arbor mill is a type ofmillingmachinecharacterized by its ability to rapidly remove material from a variety of materials.
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Unlike drilling with a drill press or amillingmachine, the tool is stationary while the workpiece rotates.
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Horn analyzers can be tuned to the desired frequency using a lathe ormillingmachineby adjusting the part dimensions to the desired value.
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A ceramic block that matches the tooth shade is placed in themillingmachine.
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Installed on the quill of amillingmachine(hence its name).
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This thread form also is easy to machine on a threadmillingmachine, unlike the difficult to machine square thread form.
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Since the 1960s there has developed an overlap of usage between the termsmillingmachineand machining center.
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The original class of machine tools for milling was themillingmachine(often called a mill).
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Themillingmachineis no longer present, but sat on a concrete foundation.
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It takes the form of a set of square indentations in a square wooden board, created by a computer-controlled automaticmillingmachine.
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