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STEPPING SWITCH [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Switching
OBS

for "stepping relay" : "stepping relay" ... is also incorrectly used for "stepping switch".

OBS

for "rotary stepping relay" : It appears logical to assume that the above remark also applies to this term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commutation téléphonique
CONT

L'administration française employa surtout le système Rotary [...] et le système R 6 [...] La base du matériel R 6 est un commutateur rotatif à 50 positions qui peut, grâce à deux jeux de balais frotteurs, donner accès à 100 lignes réparties sur les bancs circulaires de contacts.

OBS

commutateur rotatif : terme normalisé par la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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