Definition of "wheel-head" [wheel-head]

• In seal-engraving, the lathe-head of a seal-engravers' engine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Suprema can be specified with multiple wheel-head options, including a plain 90deg approach, angle head or universal wheel head with two external wheel spindles and one internal wheel spindle."
• "The Elektra Plus UA range features the same B axis and numerical control as the UA series and features wheel-head configurations in four different executions: one wheel mounted left and one wheel mounted right, on two wheel spindles."
• "The Kel-Vita machines can be supplied with either straight - or angle-approach external grinding wheels (surface speeds up to 63m/s) or as a universal machine, with automatic wheel-head indexing and a high-frequency internal grinding spindle mounted at the rear of the wheel head."