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MAIN SHUT-OFF VALVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

A shut-off valve fitted between the main liquid line and the receiver.

OBS

king valve: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

Robinet d'arrêt placé entre la conduite principale de liquide et la bouteille accumulatrice de liquide.

OBS

robinet général; robinet chef : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

A device by means of which the flow of fluid can be directed in any of several directions.

CONT

This aircraft fuel system includes two main tanks-one in each wing-that feed through a fuel tank selector valve to an accumulator tank mounted on the firewall, thence through a fuel shut-off valve into the engine compartment. The fuel tank selector valve is located on the cabin floor between the front seats. There is a vapour return line that returns vapour and excess fuel from the engine-driven fuel pump to the accumulator tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Le circuit de carburant de l'avion comporte deux réservoirs principaux, un dans chaque aile, qui desservent, par l'intermédiaire d'un robinet sélecteur de réservoir carburant, un réservoir d'alimentation en carburant, fixé à la cloison pare-feu, qui est relié à un robinet d'arrêt de carburant situé dans le compartiment moteur.

OBS

robinet sélecteur : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

PHR

Robinet sélecteur de réservoir carburant.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Furnace Controls. Gas furnaces are equipped with a Combination Control Unit. This device usually combines a pressure regulator, automatic gas valve, main shut-off valve, pilot line shut-off valve, pilot light adjustment screw and a pilot lighting reset dial and a thermocouple safety control. This combination control is the heart of the gas heating appliance. The adjustment and maintenance of this component requires specialized knowledge of gas heating systems.

Key term(s)
  • combination control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout

Spanish

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