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semi-automatic system [2 records]

Record 1 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Burners and Steamfitting
DEF

A system which requires some manual operations; a system in which the burner is started and ignited manually; purged, sequenced, and modulated automatically; and stopped manually; with certain steps and conditions supervised by safety interlocks.

Key term(s)
  • semi-automatic system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Fumisterie et brûleurs
OBS

L'amorçage de la combustion au moment de la première mise en marche à froid se fait par gaz, mèche de paraffine, résistance électrique ou tablette d'alcool à brûler, Certains brûleurs fonctionnent en semi-automatique, une vanne magnétique placée sur l'arrivée de fuel étant pilotée en «beaucoup ou peu» par un thermostat (régulation en tout ou rien). Un fonctionnement entièrement automatique est également possible.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telephone Switching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Commutation téléphonique

Spanish

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