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Record 1 2003-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
DEF

The widened cup-shaped opening or depression into which the molten metal is first poured.

CONT

There is usually one or more openings at one end, called the sprue opening through which the molten metal is normally poured.

OBS

[This opening] is located at the top of the assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
DEF

Orifice par lequel s'effectue la coulée d'un métal en fusion, dans un appareil métallurgique, four ou poche de coulée.

CONT

Pour des pièces très hautes, plusieurs chapes sont disposées les unes au-dessus des autres. À l'empreinte ainsi formée, on doit adjoindre d'autres éléments indispensables au moulage : les noyaux; le trou de coulée, en forme d'entonnoir, pour recevoir le métal en fusion [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
  • Furnaces and Ovens (Metallurgy)
CONT

When the furnace is in operation, the iron notch is completely filled with a refractory material called tap-hole clay. To cast the hot metal from the furnace, a tapping hole is drilled through this material, and after the cast has been completed, the hole is plugged again with fresh clay that is extruded into the hole from a mud gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
  • Fours (Métallurgie)
DEF

Orifice garni de réfractaire par lequel s'effectue la coulée d'un métal en fusion, dans un appareil métallurgique, un four ou une poche de coulée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
  • Blast Furnaces (Steelmaking)
DEF

A hole in the hearth wall which is opened to allow molten iron to flow from the furnace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
  • Hauts fourneaux (Sidérurgie)
DEF

Orifice dans la paroi du creuset que l'on débouche pour faire couler la fonte hors du fourneau.

Spanish

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