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ROOTS BLOWER [2 records]

Record 1 2016-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A positive displacement supercharger using counter-rotating lobed rotors.

OBS

Roots blower: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

compresseur volumétrique Roots; compresseur Roots : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A compressor in which a pair of hourglass-shaped members rotate within a casing to deliver large volumes of gas at relatively low pressure increments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Systèmes de pompage à vide. Turbopompe moléculaire d'une capacité de 1 500 litres par seconde, aidée d'une pompe mécanique hybride (combinaison de pompes rotative et d'appoint (pompe Roots] d'une capacité de 250 m³/h, avec pompe Polycold pour le pompage rapide de la vapeur d'eau.

Spanish

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