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Record 1 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

The outer zone on the scaife.

CONT

... the running circle (loopkring), this is the outer circle. Because of its great speed it is used to polish the facets as fast as possible.

CONT

Describe a scaife: ... e) typically partitioned into three concentric rings: - testing/starting; running/cutting; smoothing/polishing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Zone périphérique d'une meule.

CONT

Une meule de diamantaire comporte une zone de taille, où la surface du diamant est en quelque sorte rabotée par arrachage de matière, et une zone de polissage, où la facette formée est polie par abrasion des irrégularités de l'usure précédente (à l'aide de poudre d'une granulation plus fine).

CONT

[...] la zone de taille, la plus extérieure. Du fait de sa vitesse linéaire plus grande, elle sert à tailler les facettes le plus rapidement possible; [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Asbestos Mining
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

Areas on the scaife surface that are prepared with different types of diamond powder mixtures so that they can be used for different purposes: testing/starting, running/cutting and smoothing/polishing.

CONT

... polishing a diamond on an incorrect polishing ring ...

Key term(s)
  • polishing ring
  • polish ring
  • polish rings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'amiante
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Zones annulaires de taille sur la surface de la meule.

Key term(s)
  • zone de taille

Spanish

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