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REDUCING SLEEVE [4 records]

Record 1 1999-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

A tapered, hollow steel shaft designed to fit the tapered shank of a cutting tool to adapt it to the drill press spindle.

DEF

Standard taper for fitting the shanks of drills, etc., to machine spindles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Douille dont la partie extérieure est un cône mâle et la partie intérieure un cône femelle permettant la liaison avec la broche ou le fourreau d'une machine-outil.

Key term(s)
  • douille

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

A pipe fitting with inside threads, larger at one end than at the other.

DEF

A fitting having a larger size at one end than at the other and threaded inside, unless specifically flanged or for some special joint.

Key term(s)
  • reducing bush for pipes
  • transition piece
  • taper joint
  • cone joint
  • cone coupling
  • reducing taper
  • reducing bush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Raccordement ayant un orifice de raccordement plus petit à une extrémité qu'à l'autre.

DEF

Raccord dont les extrémités ont un diamètre différent pour permettre de réduire ou d'augmenter le diamètre de la tuyauterie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

nichset

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

hydraulique, pneumatique 127cp/2.75

Spanish

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Record 4 1983-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Signalling (Rail Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Signalisation (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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