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leak detector [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
DEF

A device or appliance the principle of which is the audibility of water flowing through a leak.

OBS

leak detector: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
DEF

Appareil pour la recherche des fuites d'une conduite enterrée.

OBS

détecteur de fuites : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

[A] device used to detect refrigerant leaks from equipment. The device may operate on any of a number of physical or chemical principles and may be limited to detecting only specific classes of refrigerants.

CONT

Applied only to hermetic devices, the fine-leak detectors are used to detect defects in sealing that are too small to be detected by gross-leak. The devices to be tested are placed in a bomb that is then pressurized with a mixture of 90 percent nitrogen and 10 percent krypton 85. Under pressure, the gas will enter the package through any seal defects that are present. The bomb is then evacuated, and the devices "washed" with nitrogen to remove any krypton that may be on their surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

[...] tout appareil ou dispositif permettant de déceler les fuites de fluide frigorigène.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

Any chlorine leak is so dangerous that all store houses must be equipped with reliable leak detectors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

Compte tenu des graves dangers que peut entraîner une fuite de chlore, il est impératif d'équiper les locaux de stockage d'un dispositif efficace de détection de fuite

Spanish

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