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POMPE AUTOAMORCANTE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volumetric Pumps
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

A centrifugal-type pump that contains a filled water cavity so that water floods the impeller on start-up.

DEF

[a pump] which, by its own rotation performs this operation [priming] automatically; after being set in motion, it first evacuates the suction pipe, and then continuously pumps water.

CONT

self-priming centrifugal pumps.

OBS

self-priming pump:Term officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes volumétriques
  • Constructions navales
CONT

Tous les constructeurs [...] ont des modèles [de pompe] à amorçage automatique.

OBS

pompe à amorçage automatique : terme officialisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Key term(s)
  • pompe autoamorceuse
  • pompe autoamorçante

Spanish

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