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FURNACE BAR [4 records]

Record 1 2024-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Scientific Research
CONT

Physical research chemist at DuPont's Experimental Station using an analog computer to determine the temperature characteristics of a bar of silicon. It is undergoing refinement by the floating zone technique which involves gradual moving of the silicon through a furnace so that a small part of the bar is molten at a time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Chimie
  • Physique
  • Recherche scientifique
Key term(s)
  • physicochimiste de recherche

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A pointed bar used in the operation of tapping a blast furnace.

CONT

The fireclay plug in the tap-hole is pierced by forcing the tapping bar into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Barre pointue servant à déboucher le trou de coulée d'un appareil de fusion.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

A hearth furnace used as an incinerator can take fats, skimmings or bar screen debris which are then fed in half-way up on to one of the hearths upstream of the combustion stage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Le four à sole fonctionnant en incinération peut recevoir les graisses, les matières flottantes ou les produits fins de dégrillage qui sont alors introduits à mi-hauteur dans une des soles précédant l'étage de combustion.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

... the fluidized bed method requires : recovery of all the burnt matter in the form of fly ash.... Bulky non-combustible matter must not be introduced into the furnace, bar screen refuse is, for example, very difficult to dispose of...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

La technique du lit fluidisé impose: une récupération de la totalité des matières brûlées sous forme de cendres volantes. [...] L'introduction dans le four des matières volumineuses non combustibles est impossible; la combustion des produits de dégrillage est, par exemple, difficilement envisageable [...]

Spanish

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