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CRIMPERS [3 records]

Record 1 2024-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Articles - Various
  • Pastries (Cooking)
CONT

Crimpers are small tools, like tongs, with patterned edges. They are used to imprint patterns on fondant-covered drums, cakes, or decorations. The rubber band on the arm determine the width of the pattern imprinted on the cake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles ménagers divers
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

In demolition, a special non-sparking tool used to attach a non-electric detonator to safety fuze and to cut safety fuze and detonating cord.

OBS

crimpers : term and definition officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

Key term(s)
  • crimper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

En destruction, outil spécial qui sert à fixer le détonateur non électrique à la mèche lente et que l'on peut utiliser pour couper la mèche lente et le cordeau détonant.

OBS

pince à sertir : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

pince à sertir : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Key term(s)
  • pinces à sertir

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A machine used to crush or crimp forage and to facilitate drying of the stems and leaves.

OBS

There are two types of hay conditioners : hay crushers and corrugated-roll crimpers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
CONT

L'action des conditionneurs de fourrage est donc surtout orientée vers l'obtention d'un écrasement des tiges ou mieux d'un crevassement sur toute leur longueur ou partiellement permettant d'améliorer sensiblement leur rapidité de dessiccation. (Candelon, Philippe. Les machines agricoles, vol. 2, Paris, J.-B. Baillère et fils, 1966, p. 47).

OBS

Il existe deux types de conditionneurs de fourrage, les conditionneurs à rouleaux lisses («hay crusher» ou «smooth-roll crusher») et les conditionneurs à rouleaux cannelés («corrugated hay conditioner» ou «corrugated roll crimper»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas para la cosecha (Agricultura)
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