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CHECKWEIGHING MACHINE [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A device which, in the light of the checkweighing results, automatically corrects the setting of the machine making up the loads upstream from the checkweighing machine.

Key term(s)
  • servo feedback device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Dispositif destiné à effectuer automatiquement en fonction des résultats de la pesée des corrections de réglage de l'instrument confectionnant les charges en amont de la trieuse de contrôle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de medida
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Record 2 1985-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Machines which subdivide articles the mass of which varies on either side of pre-determined value called the nominal mass.

CONT

The function of a checkweighing machine is to subdivide the articles into two or more subgroups according to the value of the difference between their mass and the nominal mass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Instruments qui répartissent un ensemble d'objets dont les masses respectives varient autour d'une valeur prédéterminée appelée masse nominale.

CONT

Le rôle de la trieuse pondérale de contrôle est de grouper les objets en deux sous-ensembles ou plus, en fonction de la valeur de la différence entre leur masse et la masse nominale.

Spanish

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