machine tending

English translation: watching over a machine while it performs a job

08:14 May 13, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automation & Robotics / general robotics
English term or phrase: machine tending
"xxx uses robots for machine tending."

..what's tending in this case?
Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 22:09
Selected answer:watching over a machine while it performs a job
Explanation:
Machine tending refers to watching over a machine while it performs a job, and the process of feeding parts in and out. This type of machine tending can be dull and dangerous work, and requires consistency. Today, robots perform many machine tending duties.
http://www.robots.com/applications.php?app=machine tending
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Ahmed Ahmed
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 00:09
Grading comment
thanks
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4 +8watching over a machine while it performs a job
Ahmed Ahmed


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
watching over a machine while it performs a job


Explanation:
Machine tending refers to watching over a machine while it performs a job, and the process of feeding parts in and out. This type of machine tending can be dull and dangerous work, and requires consistency. Today, robots perform many machine tending duties.
http://www.robots.com/applications.php?app=machine tending

Ahmed Ahmed
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 00:09
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  salavat
5 mins
  -> Thank you salavat

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
9 mins
  -> Thank you, Vicky.

agree  Jack Doughty
34 mins
  -> Thank you, Jack.

agree  Zhuoqi Mills (X): Not just watching but catering to the needs of the machine as well.
49 mins
  -> Thank you, Zhuoqi.

agree  Cagdas Karatas
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Çağdaş

agree  Monika Silea
23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Monika.

agree  Jason Ma
1 day 34 mins
  -> Thank you, Martin.

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Marju.
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