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DRUM CONTROLLER [1 record]

Record 1 2017-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
DEF

A switchgroup in which the moving contacts are arranged on the surface of an insulated drum against which the fixed contacts bear.

OBS

drum controller: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage électrique
DEF

Combinateur dont les contacts mobiles sont disposés sur la surface d'un cylindre isolé, contre laquelle s'appuient les contacts fixes.

OBS

combinateur à tambour : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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