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Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
  • Cutting and Trimming (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

Gear shaving is used for finishing and for improving profile accuracy. Shaving is accomplished by using both rotary and rack-type cutters whose teeth are serrated with many small notches or cutting edges. The axis of the cutters is set at a slight angle to the axis of the workpiece so that, as the two are rolled together, the notched cutter teeth shave the gear teeth. ... Usually only gears of machinable hardness are shaved ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
  • Découpage et taillage (Usinage)
CONT

La pression de contact peut être appliquée [...] tangentiellement avec rasage d'un seul flanc [qui] permet une certaine modification locale de la denture en agissant sur le couple de freinage (opéré sur la roue ou sur l'outil, selon que l'organe moteur est l'outil ou la roue rasée).

CONT

machine à raser.

OBS

rasage : [...] une superfinition consistant à enlever une faible surépaisseur (quelques centièmes de mm) laissée au taillage [des engrenages] par un véritable raclage.

DEF

shaver : Effectuer une opération de finition qui consiste en un raclage des dentures dont se détachent des paillettes très minces.

CONT

Les engrenages taillés à partir d'ébauches forgées en acier de cémentation ont des flancs de filets rectifiés ou shavés.

CONT

[Nous] sommes venus à connaissance de votre demande de renseignements au sujet de vos machines à shaver.

OBS

«shaver» : D'après le CILF, préférer «raser».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

To scrape, to scrape away the surface of, to cut down or pare away with a sharp tool, thereby removing very thin portions of the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Couper, retrancher (les parties saillantes, les nodosités du bois).

OBS

araser : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

To cut off in thin layers or shreds.

OBS

According to Steve McCready, member of the Validation Committee for the Cooking Glossary (N.B. Lexicon Project Committee), "fine slice" and "thin slice" are often used to indicate the action of cutting into very thin slices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
DEF

Couper en tranches minces : émincer de la viande, un oignon.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
DEF

A "Plane type" Shave similar to the Downright, but the sole is convex and the short handles are upturned to avoid hurting the fingers when shaving the inside of the cask. The cutting iron is convex and made with different curvatures according to the size of the cask.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie

Spanish

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