shearing machine; shearer
Industrial machine for cutting or shearing materials such as metal, paper, or fabric. Technical term.
In this factory, they cut steel plates with a shearing machine.
The blades of the shearing machine need to be replaced regularly.
Standard kanji spelling using the simplified form せん断.
Alternate kanji spelling using the traditional form 剪断. Less common but still encountered.
Compound of せん断 (shearing) + 機 (machine). The term せん断 is a technical word for shearing, derived from the verb せん断する (to shear).