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Record 1 2007-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

The log conveyor is a very heavy duty conveyor system which transports logs from the wood yard area to the debarking system. Typically the log conveyor consists of a heavy multi-strand chain with cross bars which the logs rest on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
OBS

Single chain mortising machine.

OBS

chain cross adjustment : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
OBS

Mortaiseuse à chaîne simple.

OBS

commande de réglage du déplacement transversal de la tête porte-chaîne : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
OBS

Wire extrusion; a long heated pressure-tube sagging like a chain, for cross linking polyethylene cable insulation...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Collection Spring-Summer 1997 ... The fabrics are elasticized, uniform or animated: stone nylon, gold lamé stretch, extensible moiré, natural crude silk; print of vegetable inspiration ... .

CONT

one example of embroidery on textile has appeared in the Danelaw, from the Viking period... It was found on a small, clumsy bag... The outer cover of the bag is red silk samite imported from Byzantium; it is decorated with a crude silk cross in what appears to be chain stitch....

Key term(s)
  • silk in the gum
  • unscoured silk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Soieries
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Soie teinte dont le grès n'a pas été éliminé.

CONT

Décreuser : Lessiver un fil textile brut (dit cru, écru) avant tissage, teinture. - Spécialt. Lessiver le fil de soie grège pour le dépouiller de sa gaine de séricine (grès). - On dit aussi décruer, décruser. Soie décreusée (opposé à soie grège ou crue).

Spanish

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