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involves the head tipping

English translation: involves tilting the head

00:59 Aug 30, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: involves the head tipping
It's a machining center somewhat similar to the one in the link below:
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/mapping-your-way-to-five-a...

The sentence that I have is
The A-axis involves the head tipping and positioning in degrees.

I want to make sure I got the idea correctly. How would you paraphrase that?

Thanks for your attention!
Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 19:34
Selected answer:involves tilting the head
Explanation:
The A-axis tilts the head and positions in degrees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQOYuluW5s
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Port City
New Zealand
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Thank you very much!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +5involves tilting the head
Port City
4 +1involves the inclination of the head (changing from the vertical axis)
airmailrpl


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
involves tilting the head


Explanation:
The A-axis tilts the head and positions in degrees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQOYuluW5s

Port City
New Zealand
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Oh, great, that's what I had in mind. Great video - much better than the pics I had seen until now. Thanks a lot!!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henk Sanderson
2 hrs
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agree  Jack Doughty
3 hrs
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agree  Didier Fourcot: An axis is this context is a movement rather than a geometric object
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agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
4 hrs
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agree  Harry Crawford
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
involves the inclination of the head (changing from the vertical axis)


Explanation:
involves the head tipping => involves the inclination of the head (changing from the vertical axis)


airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 19:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harry Crawford
2 hrs
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