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LINEAR MOTOR [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
DEF

[A] power source providing electric traction in a straight line, rather than rotary, as a conventional motor; useful in such applications as high-speed ground transportation. ... In addition to railway applications, linear motors are used for belt conveyors, as shuttles in textile looms, for curtain rods, for aircraft launchers, and in electromagnetic pumps ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques
DEF

Moteur électrique destiné à mouvoir un véhicule et dont l'induit, constitué par une plaque métallique, simple ou dentelée, est fixe, alors que l'inducteur, monté sur le véhicule à déplacer, se déplace parallèlement à l'induit.

CONT

Le moteur électrique linéaire [...] s'impose vraisemblablement, au moins dans les zones urbanisées, pour certains types de véhicules tels que l'aérotrain.

Key term(s)
  • moteur électrique linéaire à induction

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Cylinder with built-in control unit by which the piston rod is automatically reciprocated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Vérin avec distribution incorporée permettant d'obtenir automatiquement un mouvement alternatif de la tige de piston.

Spanish

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