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PRECHAUFFEUR [3 records]

Record 1 1992-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agriculture - General
OBS

preheater: A device for preliminary heating of a material substance, or fluid that will undergo further use or treatment by heating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture - Généralités
DEF

Dispositif, fait de tuyaux de cuivre, servant à chauffer la sève au moyen de la vapeur dégagée par l'évaporateur.

OBS

En acériculture.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
OBS

To forewarm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

Transformation du lait.

OBS

Préchauffage : Traitement thermique destiné à stabiliser le lait avant tout autre traitement comme la concentration ou la stérilisation. Il a pour but d'abaisser la teneur en germes de façon à rendre plus efficace la stérilisation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
DEF

A large steam chest of wood or metal which removes the air in the headspace of a can. Steam replaces the air in the can and then condenses during the cooling period, leaving a partial vacuum. Also called a steam box. Follows the clinching process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
OBS

(Les petites conserveries, p. 141. Confirmé par la Compagnie American Can qui emploie aussi "tunnel de pré-chauffage".)

Spanish

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