Thread-Working Machine
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Thread-Working Machine
a metalcutting machine that produces and machines thread. Thread-working machines include bolt-screwing machines, nut-thread cutters, automatic thread-rolling machines, thread-milling machines, and thread-grinding machines. Other machines used to cut threads include pipe-working machines, engine lathes, turret lathes, drilling machines, boring machines, and vertical turning lathes.
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