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PUMPING ACTION [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heat Exchangers
OBS

pumping action: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Échangeurs de chaleur
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

For best loading, the bowl should be pumped up and down. This may also be helpful in discharging sticking material; however, if the layer of spread is desired at a constant thickness, this pumping action on discharge is not recommended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

[...] les terres très meubles tendent à s'accumuler devant la lame qui les refoule à la manière d'un bulldozer : la benne [décapeuse] se remplit difficilement. Pour éviter cet incident, on effectue le remplissage en pompant (pumping), c'est-à-dire en abaissant la benne [...] puis en [la] relevant [...]

Spanish

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