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GANG PLATE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Building Hardware
  • Structural Framework
DEF

gang nail : A plate from which a number of spikes have been punched and pushed out at right angles. This can be pressed into two pieces of timber, acting like a gusset plate with compound nails.

CONT

The metal connector plate evolved from a simple piece of galvanized sheet steel with holes punched for nails, into the integrated toothed plate, that does not require nails. Because the tooth replaced the nail, it reduced labor and improved the quality of the truss joint.

OBS

See record "timber connector / connecteur."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment
  • Charpentes
CONT

Dans la charpente moderne, [...] on préfère utiliser d'autres modes d'assemblage, capables de résister aux efforts imposés [...] Les assemblages cloués, rigides et indéformables, et les assemblages boulonnés sont les plus courants; parfois, ils sont renforcés par des organes d'assemblage (anneaux, crampons, plaques dentées, connecteurs, etc.) qui, sous de faibles dimensions, en augmentent sensiblement les résistances. [...] Ces types d'assemblage ont permis [...] d'industrialiser la fabrication.

OBS

Voir la fiche «connecteur / timber connector».

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A plate made from a gang negative.

OBS

gang negative... a negative bearing a number of properly positioned images, and a printing plate made therefrom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Cliché obtenu à partir d'un négatif multiplié.

OBS

négatif multiplié : Négatif comportant deux ou plusieurs images obtenues par la superposition de deux ou de plus de deux négatifs originaux.

Spanish

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