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CABLE LAY [7 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

To lay... a cable, [a] rope [or another similar item] in concentric rings.

OBS

The rings may be disposed above each other, or one ring within another, or over cleats, etc., as is done with small lines, to prevent entanglement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Rouler [un câble, un cordage ou autre élément semblable] en cercles [...] généralement superposés.

OBS

lover : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cadenas y cables (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
DEF

Recoger en [vueltas o roscas circulares] un cabo, cadena o vela enrollada.

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Record 2 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture (General)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
CONT

The Base Pump shall set into the supply, using twin feeder supply from multiple hydrants wherever possible, and hose laying operations shall begin immediately, using available resources.

OBS

lay : to dispose over or along a surface...(ex; to lay an ocean cable).

OBS

to lay a hose line ... to lay out hose ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture (Généralités)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
CONT

L'établissement des tuyaux, une technique basique chez les sapeurs-pompiers. Le revêtement en enrobée de cette plateforme permet des manœuvres répétées de véhicules poids-lourds. Le principal atout de cette aire est sa surface qui permet de réaliser des établissements de longueur importante.

OBS

établir : Installer de manière à faire fonctionner.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Geophysics
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Seismic Prospecting
DEF

The member of a seismograph crew who attends to the placement of the geophones.

CONT

Seismic Line Crew Helper. As a Line Crew Helper, Andre lays out and picks up seismic recording equipment for 2D and 3D land seismic data acquisition.

CONT

... the [seismic exploration] industry needs chainsaw buckers to help clear a path in forested areas, survey helpers to mark where the explosives and vibrators need to go, driller helpers to handle the explosives and help drill the shot hole for the explosives, and line crew helpers to lay the cable and sensors that will record the data.... With as many as fifty line crew helpers needed on a crew, these juggies are the muscle on the team. Line crew helpers are often called recorder helpers because much of their work involves laying the electronic equipment and wires that record sounds coming from underground.

CONT

Helpers are inexperienced people in training positions on seismic crews. After they gain skills and experience, helpers may move to other positions on a crew. Recording helpers, often called jug hustlers, assist seismic observers. In preparation for recording activities, observers may require as many as twenty or more helpers to haul cables, geophones and other recording equipment, and place and connect recording equipment.

CONT

A Line Crew/Recorder Helper/ is responsible for the laying out and picking up of seismic recording equipment for the purposes of both 2D and 3D land seismic data acquisition. In preparation for recording activities, there may be as many as fifty or more helpers to lay out cables and plant geophones. The position involves working twelve to fourteen hours per day, walking six to 20 km on uneven terrain, carrying cables and geophones for pick-up or layout (up to 90lbs) ensuring quality control on lay-out and pick-up, participating actively in all company safety initiatives, following all helicopter safety protocol, and loading and unloading of seismic equipment from seismic line vehicles or helibags.

OBS

jug hustler; juggy: slang terms. The term «jug» is a synonym of «geophone».

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Géophysique
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Prospection sismique

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Types of Ships and Boats
CONT

... floating drilling vessels [include] the two surface-type mobile units, i.e., the ship and barge units, and the column-stabilized or semi-submersible units.

CONT

Drilling vessels that are essentially of ship or barge type, of normal configuration and proportions, and which operate in all conditions as typical surface displacement vessels, are to have scantlings that meet the requirements of "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels" or "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges for Offshore Service" of current issue. Additional consideration for unusual loadings due to drilling operations, mooring, etc., and for unusual configurations such as catamarans, outriggers, etc., will be specially considered ...

CONT

The E-Z tree is a valve-latch assembly landed in the B.O.P. stack to form a temporary production tree during offshore tests carried out from a floating drilling vessel.

OBS

Floating drilling rigs are normally referred to as "drill vessels" or "drilling vessels" and are in the truest sense of the word "vessels." For a seafaring man, however, they differ in many respects from his general conception of a vessel. [As opposed to the traditional vessel,] the drill vessel often anchors for weeks and even months at one location. It may move only short distances from well to well. Seldom, if ever, does it need to visit port except for major repair or inspection. ... Many drill vessels, semi-submersibles for instance, cannot even be handled in present dry-dock facilities because of their size.

OBS

Vessel. Means every vessel which by means of its special outfit, purpose, design, or function engages in certain industrial ventures. Included in this classification are such vessels as drill rigs, missile range ships, dredges, cable layers, derrick barges, pipe lay barges, construction and wrecking barges. Excluded from this classification are vessels carrying freight for hire or engaged in oceanography, limnology, or the fishing industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Types de bateaux
CONT

Le principe même [des plateformes autoélévatrices] limite leurs performances: les plus récentes, dont les piles dépassent les 100 mètres peuvent forer par 90 mètres d'eau. Au-delà de cette profondeur, on utilise des engins de forage flottants, navires ou plateformes semi-submersibles.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
OBS

lay: the direction that strands of a wire rope are, spirally wound around the core.

CONT

Cable selection is also important. A regular lay cable is superior to either a left lay cable or lang lay cable, as it has less of a tendency to kink or not.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
OBS

Les câbles de cette classe sont disponibles en câblages réguliers ou Lang, avec âme de fibres ou avec âme métallique indépendante. Bien que le câblage ordinaire soit à droite, on peut exécuter un câble à gauche dans les cas spéciaux, comme pour le forage de trous de mines.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

The optical fibers are loosely contained within the central and outer tubes. One or several additional tubes containing insulated copper pairs or a coaxial cable may also be provided. Preferably, the cable tubes and the strength members are disposed in a reverse oscillating lay or S-Z fashion around the central tube.

Key term(s)
  • reverse lay stranding
  • SZ stranding process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Méthode de câblage dans laquelle la direction de câblage des éléments d'une couche le long de l'axe du câble est, à la suite d'un certain nombre de tours, inversée en produisant un dessin alterné en S ou en Z.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

A turn given the drilling cable by means of a special wrench to counteract its tendency to twist in the same direction as its lay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Torsion donnée en sens contraire du câblage pour éviter le détoronnage d'un câble de forage.

Spanish

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