1. Definitions
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According to the Larousse dictionary, a machine tool is "a machine designed to shape material, using mechanically driven tools [...]. A machine tool works either by deforming the material (sheet metal straightening machine, shears, stamping machine, punching machine, bending machine), or by removing metal. We then have :
machines with continuous circular motion, either of the workpiece (lathe) or of the tool (milling machine, drilling machine, boring machine);
machines with rectilinear reciprocating motion, either of the workpiece (planer) or of the tool (file vice, mortiser, broaching machine);
abrasive tool machines in which the tool consists of a grinding wheel, an emery cloth, etc. [...] ;
transfer machines: in...
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