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FULL-FLOATING AXLE [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Machine Shafts, Journals and Swivels
CONT

This axle is not supported by bearings at either end. As the three-quarter floating axle has only one bearing at the outer end, it still takes some binding stresses. It, therefore, is not quite the full-floating type.

OBS

three-quarter floating axle: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Arbres et tourillons (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

Le moyeu de la roue [...] n'est monté qu'avec un seul roulement. L'arbre supporte à la fois des efforts de flexion dus à la charge du véhicule et des efforts de torsion dans la transmission du mouvement.

OBS

arbre trois-quarts flottant; arbre trois-quarts porteur : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Machine Shafts, Journals and Swivels
CONT

... the axle is relieved of all strain caused by the weight of the vehicle or end thrusts; its only function is to transmit the rotary motion or torque. For this reason it is called full-floating axle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Arbres et tourillons (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

le demi-arbre ne subit que des contraintes de torsion puisqu'il ne supporte aucune charge.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Mechanical Components
DEF

Mechanism construction in which a shaft is free to turn in all parts in which it is inserted.

CONT

This axle is not supported by bearings at either end. As the three-quarter floating axle has only one bearing at the outer end, it still takes some binding stress. It, therefore, is not quite the full-floating type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

"Full floating axle" : "Axe entièrement flottant".

Spanish

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