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FULLY AUTOMATED SYSTEM [15 records]

Record 1 2026-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Biometrics
  • Legal Documents
DEF

A fully automated system that authenticates the [electronic] passport, establishes that the person presenting the passport is the rightful holder of the document, queries border control records, and automatically determines eligibility for border crossing according to predefined rules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Biométrie
  • Documents juridiques
DEF

Système entièrement informatisé qui authentifie le passeport électronique, confirme que le voyageur est le titulaire légitime du document, interroge les dossiers de contrôle frontalier, puis détermine automatiquement l'admissibilité à franchir la frontière selon des règles préétablies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Biometría
  • Documentos jurídicos
CONT

El código de fronteras Schengen [...] ha introducido las definiciones de puertas automáticas, sistema automatizado de control fronterizo y sistema de autoservicio, así como la posibilidad de tratar datos biométricos para llevar a cabo inspecciones fronterizas.

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems. The Predictor solved the problem by doing all of the calculations mechanically through a complex system of gears. Inputs to its calculations included wind speed, ballistics of the gun and the rounds it fired, angle to the target in azimuth and altitude, and a user-input estimated target speed. Some of these inputs were fed in by dials, which turned gearing inside the Predictor to calculate the range(from the change in angle and estimated speed) and direction of motion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Ordinateur analogique créé à la fin des années 1930 [...] pour guider les tirs d'un canon antiaérien.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

The drilling rig is... equipped with a fully automated pipe handling system which can select and roll pipe, collars or casing from the racks to the V notch in the catwalk, increasing rig efficiency and safety.

OBS

pipe: A loose term usually referring to drill pipe, collars and line pipe, but used in offshore engineering to describe any kind of tubular goods, including casing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

système automatisé de manutention de tiges de forage : équivalent approuvé par un spécialiste de l'Institut français du pétrole.

OBS

DPC System. Il s'agit d'un système automatique de manutention de tiges pour sondeuses à rotation hydraulique basé sur les éléments suivants : - tiges spécifiques comportant en tête un épaulement de forme hexagonale; - tête de rotation spéciale munie d'un étau hydraulique et pouvant effectuer un mouvement de pivotement et de déplacement latéral pour aller chercher ou déposer une tige dans le râtelier. Le système ne demande aucune intervention manuelle pour la manipulation des tiges. Il accroît la sécurité du poste de travail et en diminue la pénibilité [...].

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Software
OBS

AMMIS, v. 3. 0. Endorsed as a Shared System for use in federal departments by the [chief information officer] of TBS [Treasury Board Secretariat], the Automated Materiel Management Information System(also known as AMMIS or WinAMMIS) is a Crown owned, Windows based, fully integrated software tool for the complete materiel management lifecycle. The system is designed to automate centralized or decentralized processes. It allows departmental Responsibility Centre staff to electronically initiate procurement orders, commit funds, make payments, receive goods and services, and control assets and inventory.

Key term(s)
  • Automated Material Management Information System
  • Assets and Materiel Management Information System
  • Assets and Material Management Information System
  • Asset and Material Management Information System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Logiciels
OBS

AMMIS est un système partagé dont l'emploi dans les ministères fédéraux est approuvé par le dirigeant principal de l'information (DPI) du Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor. AMMIS, aussi connu sous le nom de SAIGM ou WinAMMIS, est un système intégré exécuté dans Windows, appartenant à l'État, qui sert à gérer le cycle de vie complet de la gestion du matériel. Le système est conçu pour automatiser les processus de gestion du matériel centralisés ou décentralisés. Il permet aux employés des centres de responsabilité des ministères de lancer électroniquement des commandes d'achat, d'engager des fonds, d'effectuer des paiements, de prendre livraison de biens et de services et de contrôler les biens et les stocks.

Key term(s)
  • Système d'information sur la gestion des biens et du matériel
  • SIGBM

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
OBS

Sistema de gestión descentralizada de bienes y materiales.

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Record 5 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The European Technology Exposure Facility(EuTEF) is a programmable, multifunctional, fully automated system. The modular architecture provides uniform interfaces for instruments-up to seven instrument modules can be accommodated and operated simultaneously.

CONT

... the Technology Exposure Facility will [be used to] test superconductor systems destined for satellite communications. These systems will provide power saving and enhanced performance. The module will also be testing electric propulsion for communications systems for orbital transfer manoeuvering, station keeping and attitude control.

OBS

European technology exposure facility; EuTEF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

plateforme externe européenne TEF; EuTEF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme externe européenne TEF

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
  • Space Centres
CONT

For the fully deployed constellation, several thousand telemetry points need to be monitored on a nearly continuous basis to determine the health of all the satellites. The large volume of data to be processed necessitates that the monitoring be almost totally automated. The principle issue in designing the telemetry evaluation system is not whether it will be automated but in determining what segment of the system will be responsible for monitoring each telemetry point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
CONT

The European Technology Exposure Facility(EuTEF) is a programmable, multifunctional, fully automated system. The modular architecture provides uniform interfaces for instruments-up to seven instrument modules can be accommodated and operated simultaneously. Five instruments are under development :-TRIBOLAB, a tribology testbed developed by INTA(E) ;-PLEGPAY, a plasma electron gun payload developed by LABEN(I) ;-MEDET, the Material Exposure and Degradation Experiment on TEF, developed by CNES/ESA/ONERA/University of Southampton;-DEBIE-2, a space debris detector developed by ESA(the first is flying on the Proba satellite) ;-FIPEX, the Flux Probe Experiment developed by the University of Stuttgart(D).

OBS

Columbus precursor flights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Construction Methods
CONT

If a fully automated system is installed in a building, the facility must be important enough to require 24-hour, on-site security. Under these circumstances, replacing the automated system with a manually activated system may add very little risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Procédés de construction
CONT

Si elle est dotée d'un système entièrement automatisé, l'installation doit être considérée comme importante ou sensible au point d'affecter du personnel 24 heures par jour à la sécurité des lieux, auquel cas on aggraverait peu le risque si on adoptait plutôt un système à enclenchement manuel.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
CONT

Periodic leak testing must be part of the schedule for routine operation and maintenance of all halon fire suppression systems. The management plan may include a review of the rationale for a fully automated system. Fully automated systems are subject to failure and the accidental dumping of a full charge of halon fire suppressant, which would result in a severe release of ozone-depleting halons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

Le contrôle périodique des fuites doit faire partie du programme de fonctionnement et d'entretien courant de tous les systèmes d'extinction aux halons. Une partie du plan de gestion peut concerner l'examen de la « justification » donnée pour un système totalement automatisé. Ce système est exposé à des défaillances et à l'évacuation accidentelle de la charge complète d'halons, ce qui pourrait aboutir à un rejet considérable d'halons destructeurs d'ozone.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Construction Methods
CONT

The management plan may include a review of the rationale for a fully automated system. Fully automated systems are subject to failure and the accidental dumping of a full charge of halon fire suppressant, which would result in a severe release of ozone-depleting halons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Procédés de construction
CONT

Une partie du plan de gestion peut concerner l'examen de la « justification » donnée pour un système totalement automatisé. Ce système est exposé à des défaillances et à l'évacuation accidentelle de la charge complète d'halons, ce qui pourrait aboutir à un rejet considérable d'halons destructeurs d'ozone.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The fish embryos will grow in a culture system called the Space Tissue Loss Module in the middeck. This module, designed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, is fully automated except for startup, video transmission and reentry stowage. Scientists will observe the embryos on orbit via video and preserve them at various stages for later study.

OBS

space tissue loss module; STLM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Les chercheurs de la mission LMS [Life and Microgravity Spacelab] ont effectué trois expériences pour tenter de faire la lumière sur ce phénomène et d'autres semblables. L'enceinte de recherche animale (AEM pour Animal Enclosure Module) transportera des rats de laboratoire pour l'étude sur la déperdition osseuse; le module spatial d'étude sur la perte tissulaire (STLM pour Space Tissue Loss Module) a permis d'observer le développement embryonnaire chez le poisson. L'installation de croissance végétale (PGF pour Plant Growth Facility) a été utilisée dans le cadre d'une étude sur les effets de la microgravité sur les parois cellulaires des semis de conifère.

OBS

module spatial d'étude sur la perte tissulaire; STLM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The SP2's [visual display system] memory also contains complete routes from one airport to another. Lufthansa was the first company to use the fully automated lesson plan on its B. 737-100 simulator in early 1979, in order to fly complete routes in simulator training. The key to this approach is the Modular Advanced Graphics Generation System, or MAGGS, developed by Redifon, which means that the instructor only has to push one button to obtain an entire training program, allowing his full attention to be given to the crew under training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

After hydrolysis of the template RNA, the cDNA is detected by a sandwich hybridization assay(Enzyme-Linked Oligonucleotide Sorbent Assay, or ELOSA). The sandwich consists of a biotinylated capture probe, the cDNA, and an HRP-conjugated detector probe. The sandwich is bound via the biotin to a streptavidin-coated microplate well, and is detected by adding a substrate for HRP. Although all steps may be performed manually, the ELOSA system is fully compatible with automated ELISA(Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) plate washers and readers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biologie moléculaire
CONT

L'ARN ribosomal cible est reconnu par deux sondes spécifiques : une sonde de capture qui permet la fixation du duplex ARN/ADN sur un «stick» et une sonde de détection enzymatique pour mettre en évidence ce duplex, par addition d'un substrat chromogène.

OBS

Détection des bactéries pathogènes alimentaires.

Spanish

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Record 14 1993-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Retort technology... charcoal processes... The Lambiotte continuous carbonization process is related to the multi-stage type reactor.... Wood is fed continuously through a vertical cylinder into a retort. There, it undergoes three different treatments, moving slowly down to the bottom of the retort. In the first, it is dried, in the second, the charcoal process takes place, and in the third, charcoal is cooled. For the drying stage, pyroligneous gases are removed from the carbonization zone and fanned to the drying zone where they burn with a controlled supply of air. For the cooling stage, gases are removed from under the carbonization stage, where tars have been cracked, and reinjected at the bottom of the retort after having crossed a water cooled system. The sufficiently cooled charcoal is extracted from the bottom of the retort. The level of raw material inside the retort is kept at the maximum height possible. The excess of gas(50%) is generally flared off but can be directed through a by-product recovery system as for the Sific process. The process is fully automated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Le procédé Lambiotte représente sans doute la technique la plus perfectionnée de pyrolyse du bois. Il opère en continu avec circulation externe de gaz de chauffage [...] Les gaz, au contraire du procédé Reichert, circulent en montant à contre-courant du bois. Il y a une zone de séchage et préchauffage, une zone de carbonisation exothermique puis une zone de refroidissement. Les gaz qui s'échappent par le haut sont refroidis, condensés, lavés. Les calories du charbon de bois sont en partie récupérées et le bilan matière comme le bilan énergétique sont particulièrement bien calculés dans ce procédé. Il faut toutefois utiliser du bois bien sec pour consommer le minimum de chauffage et d'énergie électrique (ventilateurs).

Spanish

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Record 15 1990-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The growing of microorganisms, often fungi, on a solid material rather than in a liquid medium.

CONT

The fermentation of solid substrates such as starchy or cellulosic materials can be approached in two different ways. The solid material can be suspended in an aqueous medium. A general problem with such preparations is that gelatinization of the starches, etc. can generate highly viscous broths causing poor mixing and O2 transfer at dry weight concentrations higher than 2% w/v. There is also the obvious diseconomy of adding so much water to the substrate only to remove it from the product. Alternatively, then, the problem is approached through ’solid state fermentation’, the growth of microorganisms on solid materials without the presence of free liquid.

OBS

Such techniques can be divided into two basic types : thin layer and deep bed. In the former system, the organisms are grown on the surface of the substrate, which is spread on shallow trays about 2-4 cm deep; the trays are incubated in air-conditioned rooms or cabinets. The simplest deep bed systems consist of heaps of substrate that may be stirred periodically by hand. More sophisticated, fully automated systems include rotating drums, conveyor belt systems, which pass through air-conditioned tunnels, or deep tanks through which air is blown. The substrates used are generally based on wheat bran.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

La production de P.O.U. [peut s'effectuer par la] fermentation en milieu solide. (...) Il s'agit en l'occurrence d'ensemencer à l'aide d'une suspension de levures (Pichia burtonii, Candida tropicalis ...) ou de spores de champignons filamenteux (Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus sp. ...) amylolytiques, du manioc ou du mais réduits en semoule d'une granulométrie de quelques mm, et de favoriser la croissance microbienne. Pour cela on assure simultanément une humidité d'environ 50 à 60 %, grâce à une solution de sulfate d'ammonium, de phosphate de potassium et d'urée et un courant d'air humide. (...) La croissance des micro-organismes, qui dure une trentaine d'heures s'effectue au milieu non stérile et se traduit par l'envahissement du substrat par le mycélium (ensemble des cellules fongiques); on a donc un enrichissement global du milieu en protéines nobles, riches en acides aminés essentiels et en particulier en lysine.

Spanish

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