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load receiving element [1 record]

Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

A machine, other than a counter scale that is commonly called a union scale, having two or more load receiving elements that can act separately on the weighing element or elements shall have means to select and automatically indicate which load receiving element or elements are connected to the indicating element at the time of use, but when an overhead track scale and a platform scale are used with a single indicating element, means shall be provided to ensure that only one can act on the indicating element at the time of use. [Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 170]

OBS

load receiving element: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 155; Weights and Measures Specifications SGM-1, 1990, p. 1, 9.

OBS

load-receiving element: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 144; Weights and Measures Specifications SGM-1, 1990, p. 12.

OBS

weighing element: Weights and Measures Specifications SGM-1, 1990, p. 4, 5, 6.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Si l'aiguille d'un instrument de pesage ne se déplace pas, après que l'on ait placé légèrement une masse de 50 mg sur le plateau, l'erreur de mobilité est de 50 mg.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

élément destiné à recevoir la charge : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, art. 155.

OBS

élément qui reçoit la charge : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, art. 194; Spécifications sur les poids et mesures SGM-1, 1990, p. 3, 5.

OBS

élément peseur : Spécifications sur les poids et mesures SGM-1, 1990, p. 1, 4, 8.

OBS

plateau; plate-forme : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, art. 170.

OBS

élément de charge : Spécifications sur les poids et mesures SGM-1, 1990, p. 4

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