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GAUGE SHEET [8 records]

Record 1 2020-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Metal Processing
OBS

Algoma has been a mainstay of the North American steel industry for more than 100 years. [Algoma produces] some of the cleanest, most consistent light gauge steel in North America, offering a wide range of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products.

OBS

In June [2007], Algoma was acquired by Essar Steel Holdings Ltd., a division of the multinational conglomerate, Essar Global. [In May 2017,] after nearly a decade as Essar Steel Algoma, the company returned to its roots with … the Algoma brand. Algoma Steel Inc. emerged from restructuring [in December 2018].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Transformation des métaux
OBS

Algoma Steel Inc. est un important producteur d'acier basé à Sault Ste. Marie, en Ontario. L'entreprise produit principalement des plaques et des tôles d'acier pour divers secteurs, notamment les industries automobile, de la construction et manufacturière.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry
  • Glass Industry
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
CONT

Preform screens are fabricated from 16-18 gauge mild steel perforated sheet metal with approximately 40% open area.

OBS

Preform screens are vacuum-energized screens in the shape of the part to be molded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques
  • Industrie du verre
  • Plasturgie
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
CONT

Le moule, appelé écran de préforme, est constitué d'une tôle perforée d'une multitude de trous derrière laquelle on effectue une forte aspiration permettant ainsi aux fils d'épouser la forme du moule.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
OBS

metal gauges. Various standards are in use for measuring the thickness of sheet metal and wire. In Britain the Birmingham Metal Gauge is used for measuring sheet gold and silver, copper, brass, etc., and the Imperial Standard Wire Gauge is used for all wire(it is also the standard wire gauge in Canada).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

The formation of a wrinkle in a sheet of paper going through the press, caused by waviness in the paper, poor trimming of the sheet or poor adjustment of the gauge, side guard or grippers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Formation d'un pli dans la feuille de papier lorsqu'elle passe dans la presse offset; causé par l'ondulation du papier, un rognage mal exécuté ou un réglage imparfait des taquets latéraux ou des pinces.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Permissible countersinking and subcountersinking limits. The limits given in Figure 1-3-4 are applicable to all repairs requiring external skin fasteners in new fastener holes. External sheet metal that does not meet the minimum requirements of Figure 1-3-4 shall be dimpled. Do not use the outer dimpled sheet in the joint gauge summation to realize a minimum for subcountersinking.

OBS

"tolerance": total permissible variation of a size; the tolerance is the difference between the limits of size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

«embrèvement» : Usinage d'un logement sur la surface extérieure d'une pièce. [Source : René Boissier. Dictionnaire technique des fabrications mécaniques.]

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

Because the surface of the drawsheet on the platen is perfectly flat and smooth, some device is necessary to hold the sheet in the proper printing position... On hand-fed platen presses gauge pins... are used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

Most modern space heaters are controlled combustion or airtight designed. The flow of air into the combustion chamber is regulated almost exclusively by controls such as screw-in draft caps or thermostatic control units. These devices allow greater control over the rate of combustion and, therefore, the heat output... Airtight space heater can be fabricated from continuously welded heavy gauge steel..., from thin sheet metal with cast iron or firebrick liners.

Key term(s)
  • airtight stove

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
OBS

specification or gauge sheet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

indication ou bulletin de jaugeage

Spanish

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