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MANUFACTURING PLANT [55 records]

Record 1 2025-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Management Control
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

Plant controllers oversee the financial and budgetary practices of manufacturing organizations. They ensure that manufacturing plants are financially successful by providing financial leadership to the plant management team.

Key term(s)
  • plant comptroller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Establishments
  • Audio Technology
  • Music
DEF

A manufacturing plant where vinyl records are made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements industriels
  • Électroacoustique
  • Musique
DEF

Usine de fabrication de disques vinyle.

Key term(s)
  • usine de pressage de disque vinyle
  • usine de pressage de vinyle

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The term "package treatment unit" is applied to a wide spectrum of plant manufactured [modules] assembled ahead of time, usually at a manufacturing facility remote from the site. A package unit is typically delivered to the site as a skid-mounted unit, pre-piped and pre-wired ready for connecting to the process tanks and mains services, thus saving on installation work and operational downtime.... Package units can... provide a first stage of treatment for effluent from industry, particularly the food and drink sector, in order to cut discharge costs.

OBS

package: A preassembled unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
Key term(s)
  • unité de traitement pré-assemblée

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

A computer vision inspection system is used in a production line to carry out responsibilities that humans struggle with. In this use case, the system uses high-resolution images to build a full 3D [tridimensional] model of components and their connector pins. As components run through the manufacturing plant, the computer vision system captures various images from different angles to generate a 3D model. These images, when combined and fed to AI [artificial intelligence] algorithms, identify any faulty threading or minor deviation from the design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Automatisation et applications

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

The establishment of a new manufacturing plant, workshop, office, [or other, ] by a firm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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Record 6 2021-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Establishments
  • Military Equipment
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

A manufacturing plant that specialised in filling various munitions, such as bombs, shells, cartridges, pyrotechnics, and screening smokes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements industriels
  • Matériel militaire
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
CONT

En plein conflit mondial [1914-1918] à Vénissieux, se trouvait un grand atelier de chargement de munitions où travaillaient des milliers de personnes, notamment des soldats issus des colonies. [Quatre-vingt mille] obus y étaient produits quotidiennement afin d'alimenter le front. Dans ces locaux, on y travaillait jour et nuit à des cadences infernales.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
  • Productivity and Profitability
CONT

Plant engineers have a variety of responsibilities in industry, all of which are dedicated to greater efficiency, lower cost and higher profitability for a manufacturing facility. Their work affects the equipment, the workers, product standards and specifications.... A plant engineer estimates the production cost for products the facility makes. He also evaluates and implements cost-saving methods. He keeps management aware of the estimated costs of changes in product design so management can review these costs and take appropriate action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie
  • Productivité et rentabilité
CONT

[...] le rôle premier de l'ingénieur d'usine est de recommander et d'implanter des améliorations [ou] modifications aux opérations de l'usine, à l'utilisation d'équipements ou au processus de fabrication des produits. Plus spécifiquement, il/elle participera à la réalisation de divers projets au sein de l'usine tels que des projets d'amélioration continue, des projets d'acquisition d'équipements de fabrication et des projets de réingénierie/rationalisation de produits afin de diminuer les coûts.

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Quality Control (Management)
OBS

[The quality assurance technologist] is responsible for ensuring the overall quality in their assigned areas through the management of regulatory, company, and customer policies, programs and work instructions. This role is expected to conduct accurate grading and documentation of product quality against published product specifications. This position is responsible for monitoring plant programs, which may include but is not limited to : pre-op sanitation; carcass, product and room temperatures; product leakers; and GMPs [good manufacturing practices]. Assists in managing quality programs and exercising technical expertise, including training, assessing performance and making improvements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
OBS

Responsabilités : S'assurer de la conformité des produits et de la qualité selon les normes de l'entreprise et des clients. Contribuer à vérifier, à corriger et à améliorer les procédés de fabrication et de finition; effectuer diverses analyses des produits; examiner les produits afin de vérifier leur conformité; inspecter et échantillonner les matières; repérer les défauts de fabrication; trier les produits; compiler des données sur les produits inspectés.

Spanish

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Record 9 2018-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Organization Planning
  • Layout of the Workplace
OBS

[Plant layout technicians apply] engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. [They may] perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Implantation des locaux de travail

Spanish

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Record 10 2018-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Production Management
  • Industrial Design
CONT

The manufacturing technician operates production equipment, as well as assembles applicable components. Manufacturing technicians must closely follow guidelines, blueprints, and/or diagrams of the products being manufactured... Manufacturing technicians may need to work directly with customers and are expected to implement process improvements to help reduce cost and improve the quality of manufactured products. They often work closely with design and manufacturing engineers on projects and most often report to the senior manager of plant operations, as well as technical services supervisors. Strong support skills are essential in this position, as manufacturing technicians must monitor and assist technicians and general workers in the manufacturing department, particularly in troubleshooting potential equipment failures, damages, and issues with production batches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Dessin industriel

Spanish

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Record 11 2018-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

A safety engineer works to design new procedures, equipment, and guidelines to maintain and promote the safety of industrial workers. Typically, a safety engineer works in a manufacturing plant or with an insurance company, government agency, or consulting firm. A safety engineer is responsible for identifying and remedying potential safety and work hazard problems before they occur. They try to minimize the occurrence of failures and ensure that any failures that occur are not life-threatening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Ingénieur spécialisé dans l'étude des conditions requises pour assurer, dans un établissement industriel, la sécurité des personnes employées.

Spanish

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Record 12 2018-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Agricultural Chemicals
Universal entry(ies)
C16H26
formula, see observation
24157-81-1
CAS number
CONT

This active ingredient is structurally similar to other plant growth regulators commonly found in plant tissues, and seems also to help inhibit the sprouting of potatoes during storage. 2, 6-DIPN is intended for use in the manufacturing of pesticide products intended to prevent sprouting of stored potatoes.

OBS

2,6-di(propan-2-yl)naphthalene: form recommended by the IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) for the systematic name corresponding to the CAS number indicated on the present record.

OBS

Chemical formula: C16H26

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C16H26
formula, see observation
24157-81-1
CAS number
OBS

Formule chimique : C16H26

Spanish

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Record 13 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jib-Type Hoisting Apparatus
CONT

Non-self-propelled portable floor cranes are in general use in machine shops, plant assembly departments, outdoor yard service, and warehouses, at transportation terminals, and in garages. They are frequently employed in shipping and receiving departments for unloading incoming raw materials, large and heavy cases, lumber, etc., and loading outgoing shipments. They are likewise employed to supplement overhead traveling cranes and other power-operated equipment. In many small manufacturing plants, they are-aside from hoists and other local service equipment-the only kinds of materials handling equipment in use.

CONT

The cantilever-jib or gooseneck type of crane is the commonest and most convenient type of portable floor crane, and is used in many shops to supplement an overhead monorail system or a traveling crane in reaching locations that cannot be served by the regular overhead equipment. It is also used in railroad freight houses and terminals where overhead systems are not available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de levage à bras
CONT

La grue d'atelier, ou grue de magasin, est un engin de faible puissance et de petites dimensions, souvent manœuvré à la main.

Spanish

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Record 14 2016-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
  • Industries - General
OBS

The CIM [Computer-Integrated Manufacturing] Pyramid... was an attempt to depict various levels of computing architecture. Before the model was created, there were two environments that didn’t interface – plant controls and the business system environment...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
  • Industries - Généralités
OBS

[La] fameuse pyramide CIM, [consiste] à «découper» une unité de production en plusieurs niveaux, du niveau «capteurs/actionneurs» (le niveau le plus bas, dit niveau 0) au niveau «gestion», en passant notamment par les niveaux «cellule» et «atelier».

OBS

CIM : L'acronyme provient du terme anglais «Computer-Integrated Manufacturing».

Spanish

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Record 15 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
CONT

All too often, the manufacturing personnel perceive little customer benefit and great upset in the plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
CONT

Trop souvent, les hommes de la production voient dans un nouveau produit peu d'avantages pour le client, et beaucoup de problèmes pour eux.

Spanish

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Record 16 2014-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
  • Waterproofing (Construction)
CONT

Coated Felts. Some current thinking favours the use of coated organic roofing felts instead of saturated felts for the construction of built-up roofing membranes. In this case, the bitumen required for waterproofing has already been applied in a uniform coating at the manufacturing plant, and application is essentially the sticking together of sufficient layers to give the strength required. The heavier grades of coated felt have been used for many years in this and other countries as a single-layer roofing material on simply pitched roofs of barns and sheds. In more sophisticated roofing systems, several layers of coated felt are used with hot or cold adhesives and a surface protection of gravel or weathering coat of clay-stabilized asphalt emulsion.

OBS

coated felt: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • coated roof felt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Étanchéité (Construction)
CONT

Feutres recouverts d'enduit. On favorise actuellement l'emploi du feutre organique recouvert d'un enduit pour la mise en œuvre des toitures multicouches, au lieu des feutres imprégnés. Dans ce cas, le bitume assurant l'étanchéité est appliqué sur les feutres à l'usine et il suffit de les coller ensemble en nombre suffisant pour obtenir une toiture multicouche d'une résistance adéquate. Les feutres les plus épais ont été employés depuis longtemps au Canada et à l'étranger pour recouvrir en une seule couche les toitures à pente simple des granges et des hangars. Pour les toitures plus compliquées, on emploie plusieurs couches de feutre enduit collées avec des adhésifs à chaud ou à froid et recouvertes d'une couche protectrice de gravier ou d'émulsion d'asphalte stabilisée à l'argile.

OBS

feutre enduit : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 17 2012-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
DEF

Referring to a company that contracts out the manufacture of components to another company since they don’t have a manufacturing plant.

PHR

Fabless company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
DEF

Se dit d’une entreprise qui, sous-traitant l’intégralité de sa production, ne dispose d’aucun site de fabrication.

OBS

sans usine : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

PHR

Entreprise sans usine de fabrication.

Spanish

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Record 18 2011-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

The fixed asset turnover ratio measures the company's effectiveness in generating sales from its investments in plant, property, and equipment. It is especially important for a manufacturing firm that uses a lot of plant and equipment in its operations to calculate its fixed asset turnover ratio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Ratio d'activité indiquant le nombre de fois où l'actif immobilisé est compris dans le chiffre d'affaires de la période.

CONT

Le ratio de rotation de l'actif immobilisé correspond au quotient obtenu en divisant le chiffre d'affaires net par la valeur comptable moyenne des immobilisations de la période.

Spanish

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Record 19 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
  • Management Control
  • Corporate Structure
DEF

A centre established in order to control the accumulation of operating costs incurred by a subdivision of a responsibility centre.

OBS

Could be an organizational division, department, or unit of machines or persons(or both) having common supervision; a single machine and its operating force; any activity within a manufacturing plant or other operating unit.

OBS

In manufacturing enterprises, a cost center is often called a burden centre.

Key term(s)
  • burden center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Structures de l'entreprise
DEF

Section pour laquelle un aménagement approprié des comptes permet de connaître et de contrôler les coûts d'exploitation ou de production la concernant.

OBS

L'unité constituée en centre de coûts peut être une division, une section, une usine, un groupe d'employés ou une combinaison de ces composantes.

Key term(s)
  • centre de coût
  • section de coût

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad de costos
  • Control de gestión
  • Estructura de la empresa
DEF

Término contable que se utiliza para agrupar los importes de determinados conceptos de ingresos y gastos, y como instrumento esencial para el control de las funciones realizadas por una empresa o por diversas áreas de ella.

Key term(s)
  • centro de costo
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Record 20 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Industries
  • Biomass Energy
DEF

Wood material generated in the production of timber products at primary manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du bois
  • Énergie de la biomasse
OBS

[...] résidus d'usinage (écorce, sciures et copeaux de rabotage).

Spanish

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Record 21 2009-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Establishments
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

The butter making plant... allows the manufacturing of tons of butter any year. It was the first butter factory in Italy to obtain the ISO 9002 certification related to... butter manufacturing and packaging...

CONT

Natural wholesome milk is delivered from our cooperatives’ dairy farms to our butter making plant daily.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements industriels
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
CONT

«Beurrerie» désigne une fabrique titulaire d'un permis ou approuvée en vertu des lois de la province, pour la fabrication de beurre [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos industriales
  • Productos lácteos
DEF

Lugar donde se elabora o vende manteca [mantequilla].

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Record 22 2008-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
  • Types of Industrial Operations
DEF

An industrial plant manufacturing pulp from wood or other lignocellulosic material.

Key term(s)
  • pulpmill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
  • Types d'exploitation industrielle
DEF

Usine dont la vocation est de fabriquer de la pâte à papier.

OBS

On trouvera le terme «usine de pâte» dans le Cours de formation papetière de Jean Vilars, sous le résumé des articles 5 à 5.3.3.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pasta y papel
  • Tipos de explotación industrial
DEF

Instalación para producir pasta de madera o de otro material lignocelulósico.

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Record 23 2006-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A machine [that attaches] ends to metal containers [using] a double seam.

OBS

In can manufacturing, seamers are called double seamers; in a canning plant, they are often called closing machines.

OBS

A double seam consists of a "first-operation" seam to curl the cover around the can flange and a "second operation" seam to form and iron out a tight hermetic seal between cover and can.

Key term(s)
  • double seaming machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Appareil destiné à fermer hermétiquement les boîtes de conserve[et les canettes] après leur remplissage.

OBS

Industriellement, les sertisseuses ferment les contenants en exécutant une «agrafe double» ou «serti en deux passes».

OBS

Le sertissage des boîtes à conserve nécessite du matériel particulièrement fiable permettant d'assurer l'étanchéité des boîtes, indispensable pour une conservation parfaite. [...] L'ensemble boîte et couvercle est [...] dirigé vers la tête de sertissage proprement dite qui réalise l'assemblage mécanique. Le corps et le couvercle sont tout d'abord mis en compression. Le sertissage s'effectue ensuite en deux passes le plus souvent à l'aide de molettes. La première roule le métal du couvercle qui emprisonne le pli d'extrémité du corps. La seconde comprime cet ensemble roulé et assure l'écrasement du joint élastomère incorporé dans le bord du couvercle, assurant ainsi l'étanchéité [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas y equipo de embalaje
  • Embalajes de metal
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Record 24 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

Aluminium or steel sheet arrives at the can manufacturing plant in huge coils. The sheet is fed continuously from an uncoiler into a cupping press which cuts out thousands of discs per minute and forms them into shallow cups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines et équipement d'emballage
  • Emballages en métal
CONT

La fabrication [des boîtes] commence par un déroulage et un huilage de la bobine de fer-blanc, qui alimente une presse à poinçonner et à emboutir.

Spanish

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Record 25 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
  • Municipal Administration
CONT

facility : One site that produces outputs or is responsible for a specific function in the public or private sector. Eg. Manufacturing plant, food processing facility, government administrative facility or retail outlet.

OBS

administrative facility: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • administrative facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements urbains
  • Administration municipale
CONT

On désigne par «équipements» ou «équipements collectifs», l'ensemble des bâtiments et des installations qui permettent d'assurer à une population les services collectifs dont elle a besoin. [...] Par nature on distingue deux grandes familles d'équipements : A. Les équipements d'infrastructure comprennent : la voirie et les parkings, les aménagements hydrauliques et énergétiques; les installations de transport et de communication; les réseaux et canalisations diverses [...]; les espaces collectifs aménagés [...]; le traitement des déchets. B. Les équipements de superstructure sont les bâtiments à usage collectif. On les classe par fonctions : équipements administratifs, commerciaux, culturels, de loisirs, sanitaires, sociaux, sportifs, etc.

CONT

Les demandes d'équipement administratif sont l'indice d'une certaine frustration : les habitants ressentiraient une sorte d'abandon de la part des autorités, d'où leur désir très vif d'une mairie.

OBS

équipement administratif : terme souvent utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • équipements administratifs

Spanish

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Record 26 2002-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

The first, called Object-Oriented Video, is intended for process monitoring and control applications. Object-Oriented video provides an operator interface that is a combination of traditional process flow diagrams(of the type used with power plants, chemical processes, and manufacturing plants) and actual video views of process equipment(boilers, rolling mills, furnaces, and control panels)... Live video images from cameras in a plant are shown to the operator, providing a more direct relationship to the process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

Dans le système OVID, [178], dans l'objectif de tester la validité d'une base de données vidéo orientée objet, mettent en place un réseau sémantique associant annotation de strates et gestion du caractère temporel de la vidéo par le biais d'objets vidéo (video-objects) évolués.

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
  • Structural Framework
  • Natural Construction Materials
CONT

Statistics Canada defines the Prefabricated Wooden Buildings Industry(SIC 2541) as : Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing prefabricated or pre-cut buildings of wood frame construction. Prefabricated(factory built) buildings include all buildings that are pre-manufactured at a plant either in sections, complete units or in components for "on-site" erection.

Key term(s)
  • prefabricated wood frame building
  • prefabricated wooden frame building

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
  • Charpentes
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
CONT

Statistique Canada définit l'Industrie des bâtiments préfabriqués à charpente de bois (CTI 2541) comme suit : Établissements dont l'activité principale est la production de bâtiments préfabriqués ou précoupés à charpente de bois. Parmi les bâtiments préfabriqués (construits en usine) figurent tous les bâtiments fabriqués à l'avance en usine, en sections, en unités complètes ou en éléments destinés à être montés «sur place».

Spanish

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Record 28 1999-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

... PO plant capacity ... The domestic producers have also submitted that because of the high cost of investment in POSM route and POTBA route, the technology adopted by them is ideally suited for medium capacity plants and Technip along with MPL have proposed now to construct plants in China ... The Chinese plant will also include Polyol plant based on the design of SORL.

CONT

ARCO Chemical' s physical plant consists of eight major propylene oxide/styrene monomer(PO/SM) and propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol(PO/TBA) plants and numerous downstream manufacturing units in the U. S., Europe, and Asia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques

Spanish

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Record 29 1999-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

... PO plant capacity ... The domestic producers have also submitted that because of the high cost of investment in POSM route and POTBA route, the technology adopted by them is ideally suited for medium capacity plants and Technip along with MPL have proposed now to construct plants in China ... The Chinese plant will also include Polyol plant based on the design of SORL.

CONT

... a Russian-based chemical manufacturer, announced an exclusive global licensing agreement for NKNC’s propylene oxide styrene monomer (POSM) technology, one of the two major technologies used to produce propylene oxide (PO) - the essential component of polyether polyols.

CONT

ARCO Chemical' s physical plant consists of eight major propylene oxide/styrene monomer(PO/SM) and propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol(PO/TBA) plants and numerous downstream manufacturing units in the U. S., Europe, and Asia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Notification d'accords entre des filiales de Shell et de BASF pour la création d'une entreprise commune BASELL destinée à la production de styrène monomère et d'oxyde de propylène, qui seront achetés par les sociétés mères.

Spanish

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Record 30 1998-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
  • Layout of the Workplace
CONT

Plant layout encompasses the physical arrangement of manufacturing facilities, including the space needed for machines, equipment, storage, people, and all supporting activity or service.

CONT

Layout drawings of different types are used in different manufacturing fields for various purposes. One is the plant layout drawing, in which the outline of the building, work areas, aisles, and individual items of equipment are all drawn to scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
  • Implantation des locaux de travail
DEF

Disposition des bâtiments, des installations et plus particulièrement des machines d'une entreprise en vue d'en tirer le meilleur rendement possible.

OBS

L'étude détaillée de l'implantation permet d'établir de meilleurs circuits de circulation des personnes, des produits, matières ou documents, et provoque de ce fait de substantielles économies d'exploitation.)

Spanish

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Record 31 1996-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

An impressive manufacturing plant in Lancashire has been purpose-built to produce the unique Den-M-Nit indigo-dyed yarn for worldwide markets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 32 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Equipment, machinery, apparatus, or plant used for manufacturing, process, transportation, medical or other activities for which designated safety-related systems could be used to prevent hazardous events associated with the EUC from taking place; or, mitigate the effects of the hazardous events.

OBS

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

French

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

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

Spanish

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Record 33 1995-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
CONT

Cluster of industries involved in value-added economic activity related to agriculture. Core strengths include crop farming of cereals, oilseeds, pulse, specialty crops and the raising of livestocks. Value added diversification includes grain milling, oilseed crushing, food and crop processing, agriculture biotechnology, agricultural equipment manufacturing, farm services, agricultural chemicals and plant derived fuel, among others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole

Spanish

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Record 34 1994-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

There are several ways in which animation can be used in hypermedia programmes. As "animation bites" for instance, short sequences of full-or part-screen linear animation that illustrate or explain processes and are progressively or automatically played in response to the user's interaction. In longer sequences, the user has to make branching choices. Animation can also be used for attention-seeking devices, for expressive or decorative effects or as transitional effects, as feedback, and as an "autoplay" or "default" condition, which occupies the screen if the user decides not to interact with the programme.... Animation bites are used wherever the special informational, explanatory or expressive qualities of animation are required, such as in the illustration of systems and processes that are too large, small, fast or slow to be perceived, or that can best be apprehended in abstract form :plant or cell growth, for example, or manufacturing processes, the digestive system or an internal combustion engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 35 1994-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Pollution (General)
DEF

The land or water area where any facility or activity is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.

OBS

Property divided only by a public right-of-way shall be considered one site. There may be more than one manufacturing plant on a single site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

Selon le contexte, on traduit plus précisément le terme anglais «site» par différents spécifiques : installation, dans le cas d'une usine; lieu, dans le cas d'un environnement particulier; site, pour une portion de paysage particulièrement intéressant; aire, pour un endroit réservé au stockage; station, pour un emplacement utilisé par les écologistes afin d'effectuer des relevés; décharge ou dépotoir, quand il s'agit de gestion des déchets. Le terme «emplacement», quant à lui, constitue un générique commode pour tous ces termes.

Spanish

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Record 36 1994-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
  • Trade
CONT

There are three principal ways to franchise in the retail area :-under distributorships, where "a manufacturer(franchisor) licenses another businessman(franchisee) to sell his product either exclusively or in conjunction with other products....-through retail chains, where the franchisee will function under the franchisor's trade name, and follows a specific set of operation guidelines....-"manufacturing or processing plant, under which the franchisor transmits to the franchisee the essential ingredients of formula for making a product to be manufactured or processed and marketed either at wholesale or retail in accordance with the franchisor's standards".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce
CONT

Qui peut être franchiseur? Théoriquement, on peut imaginer que ce système s'applique à tous les domaines de l'activité économique, puisqu'il s'agit de la reproduction par plusieurs personnes physiques ou morales d'une activité expérimentée et réussie. En pratique, l'on ne peut se lancer dans une telle aventure, dans n'importe quel domaine. Ainsi, paraissent exclues de ce système certaines professions libérales qui, pourtant, exercent une activité économique, mais sont soumises à des réglementations leur interdisant de reproduire l'organisation qu'elles auraient pu mettre au point ou qui sont soumises à l'interdiction de faire de la publicité (avocats, médecins, notaires, etc). D'autre part, il apparaît difficile de franchiser des produits communs ou de consommation courante, à moins que le franchiseur éventuel n'ait découvert une présentation ou des techniques commerciales réellement originales ou n'ait une marque notoirement connue (...)

Spanish

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Record 37 1993-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Business and Administrative Documents
CONT

Accordingly, this report is principally for the leaders of business operating units, plant managers and general managers in the manufacturing sector...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
CONT

Le rapport est donc principalement destiné aux chefs des services d'exploitation des entreprises, aux directeurs d'usine et aux directeurs généraux du secteur manufacturier [...]

Spanish

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Record 38 1993-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Pulp and Paper
CONT

Preparation of bleach chemicals. All conventional bleaching chemicals can be produced from air, water and brine(NaCl solution) utilizing varying amounts of energy. Since the raw materials are cheap, it follows that manufacturing costs are mainly a function of how much energy is expended. Oxygen. Two systems are utilized for oxygen generation : cryogenic air separation and absorption-based separation.... The adsorption-based oxygen plant yields a gas product and is suitable only for onsite generation.... adsorption systems separate air at ambient temperatures using molecular sieve adsorbents. The adsorbent picks up nitrogen and other impurities at the system feed pressure, while the product oxygen passes straight through the bed. After the bed is saturated with nitrogen, it is regenerated by lowering the pressure to release the adsorbed components. Adsorption processes are cyclical, and multiple beds are used to maintain continuous oxygen production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Pâtes et papier

Spanish

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Record 39 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
OBS

In a drug manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques

Spanish

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Record 40 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
OBS

In a manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques

Spanish

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Record 41 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
OBS

In a drug manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques

Spanish

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Record 42 1993-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Pharmacology
OBS

in a drug manufacturing plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

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Record 43 1993-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
CONT

Shrink-wrapped software normally refers to commercial software packages which come in a shrink-wrapped sealed container-usually for legislative purposes rather than anti-virus measures. By breaking the seal, the user implicitly agrees to abide by the manufacturer's terms and conditions. There is also a good chance that the software has not been tampered with from the time it left the manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
CONT

On entend généralement par «logiciel scellé» un logiciel du commerce présenté dans un emballage scellé -plus pour des motifs réglementaires qu'à titre de mesure contre les virus. En supprimant le «cachet», l'utilisateur accepte implicitement les conditions du fournisseur. Ceci garantit aussi, dans une certaine mesure, que le logiciel n'a pas été trafiqué depuis sa sortie d'usine.

Spanish

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Record 44 1991-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
OBS

Most geomembranes are made in a plant using one of the following manufacturing processes :(i) extrusion,(ii) spread coating, or(iii) calendering.... Spread coating process usually consists in coating a fabric(woven, nonwoven, knit) by spreading a polymer or asphalt compound on it. The geomembranes thus produced are therefore reinforced. Non-reinforced geomembranes can be made by spreading a polymer sheet of paper which is removed and discarded at the end of the manufacturing process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Termes relatifs à la fabrication de la géomembrane (...) Enduction: Procédé consistant à rapporter une mince couche de matière à l'état liquide ou pâteux sur un support généralement textile.

OBS

Géomembrane: Produit adapté au génie civil, mince, souple, continu, étanche au liquide même sous des déformations en service, principalement en traction.

Spanish

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Record 45 1991-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Most geomembranes are made in a plant using one of the following manufacturing processes :(i) extrusion,(ii) spread coating, or(iii) calendering.... Calendering is the most frequently used manufacturing process. A calendered non-reinforced geomembrane is usually a single sheet of compound made by passing a heated polymeric compound through a series of heated rollers(calender).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Termes relatifs à la fabrication de la géomembrane (...] Calandrage: Procédé consistant à faire passer une matière entre des cylindres dont au moins un est chauffant.

OBS

Le calandrage permet d'obtenir, à partir d'une matière plastique, des films, des feuilles et des plaques de grande régularité d'épaisseur, de grande largeur et possédant peu de tensions internes (...) Un grand nombre de matières thermoplastiques peuvent être calandrées (...)

OBS

Géomembrane: Produit adapté au génie civil, mince, souple, continu, étanche au liquide même sous des déformations en service, principalement en traction.

Spanish

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Record 46 1991-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Most geomembranes are made in a plant using one of the following manufacturing processes :(i) extrusion,(ii) spread coating, or(iii) calendering.... Spread coating process usually consists in coating a fabric(woven, nonwoven, knit) by spreading a polymer or asphalt compound on it. The geomembranes thus produced are therefore reinforced. Non-reinforced geomembranes can be made by spreading a polymer on a sheet of paper which is removed and discarded at the end of the manufacturing process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Termes relatifs à la fabrication de la géomembrane (...) Enduction: Procédé consistant à rapporter une mince couche de matière à l'état liquide ou pâteux sur un support généralement textile.

Spanish

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Record 47 1991-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
OBS

Most geomembranes are made in a plant using one of the following manufacturing processes :(i) extrusion,(ii) spread coating, or(iii) calendering. Extrusion process is a method whereby a molten polymer, usually of the polyolefin family... is extruded into a non-reinforced sheet. Immediately after extrusion, when the sheet is still warm, it can be laminated with a fabric, through light calendering; the geomembrane thus produced is reinforced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Termes relatifs à la fabrication de la géomembrane (...) Extrusion: Procédé consistant à forcer une matière chauffée ou non, à travers une filière à section appropriée.

OBS

Géomembrane: Produit adapté au génie civil, mince, souple, continu, étanche au liquide même sous des déformations en service, principalement en traction.

Spanish

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Record 48 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Made in situ, non-reinforced geomembranes are made by spraying or otherwise placing a hot or cold viscous material directly onto the surface to be lined(earth, concrete, etc.).... Manufactured, non-reinforced geomembranes are made in a plant by extrusion or calendering of a polymeric compound, without any fabric reinforcement, or by spreading a polymer on a sheet of paper removed at the end of the manufacturing process.

OBS

[Non-supported geomembrane:] Supported geomembrane: ... the term "supported", sometimes used for "reinforced", is not recommended because it may create a confusion with the "supporting" soil or geotextile on which the geomembrane is resting.

OBS

See record "reinforced geomembrane".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Géomembrane renforcée : Géomembrane dont les caractéristiques mécaniques et/ou physiques sont améliorées par un renfort placé en son sein. (...) les renforts utilisés peuvent être fibreux ou granulaires, en matière organique ou minérale. Ils sont très fortement liés à la matrice constituant la géomembrane. Ils peuvent être répartis uniformément dans toute la masse ou localisés dans l'épaisseur. Lorsqu'ils se présentent sous forme de structures ou d'éléments continus, on les appelle armature [...) géomembrane armée).

Spanish

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Record 49 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

... geomembranes can be classified according to production and reinforcement :... Manufactured, non-reinforced geomembranes are made in a plant by extrusion or calendering of a polymeric compound, without any fabric reinforcement, or by spreading a polymer on a sheet of paper removed at the end of the manufacturing process.

OBS

As opposed to "made in situ geomembrane" or "in-situ made geomembrane".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Géomembrane réalisée en usine. La géomembrane est fabriquée sous forme de lés conditionnés en rouleaux.

OBS

S'oppose à "géomembrane fabriquée en place".

Spanish

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Record 50 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Textiles
  • Civil Engineering
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Made in situ, non-reinforced geomembranes are made by spraying or otherwise placing a hot or cold viscous material directly onto the surface to be lined(earth, concrete, etc.).... Manufactured, non-reinforced geomembranes are made in a plant by extrusion or calendering of a polymeric compound, without any fabric reinforcement, or by spreading a polymer on a sheet of paper removed at the end of the manufacturing process.

OBS

[Non-supported geomembrane] Supported geomembrane: ... the term "supported", sometimes used for "reinforced", is not recommended because it may create a confusion with the "supporting" soil or geotextile on which the geomembrane is resting.

OBS

See record "reinforced geomembrane".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Textiles techniques
  • Génie civil
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Géomembrane armée : Géomembrane renforcée, dont le renfort, appelé armature, est constitué d'une structure ou d'éléments continus.

OBS

Géomembrane renforcée (...) les renforts utilisés peuvent être fibreux ou granulaires, en matière organique ou minérale. Ils sont très fortement liés à la matrice constituant la géomembrane. Ils peuvent être répartis uniformément dans toute la masse ou localisés dans l'épaisseur. Lorsqu'ils se présentent sous forme de structures ou d'éléments continus, on les appelle armature [...) géomembrane armée).

OBS

Voir les fiches "géomembrane renforcée" et "géomembrane armée".

Spanish

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Record 51 1987-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

cutoff saw : A large saw, usually circular, used to trim logs to specific lengths before they enter a manufacturing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
CONT

une fois écorcés, les troncs empruntent une chaîne de transfert et un transporteur en direction du poste de tronçonnage (...) muni d'une scie circulaire de type balançoire (...) Les troncs rejoignent cet équipement le gros bout à l'avant.

Spanish

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Record 52 1986-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
OBS

In a plant manufacturing sulphuric acid-May be used to remove mercury.

OBS

"tower" (ind. chem.): a general term for a vertical hollow structure used to bring liquids and gases into contact, the former flowing downward against an upward current of the latter. [french equivalent:] tour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
OBS

"Tour de Gay-Lussac" : dans les fabriques d'acide sulfurique, appareil pour récupérer les vapeurs nitreuses.

Spanish

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Record 53 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Multifunctional machine which barks trees and reduces them to pulp chips.

CONT

The Nicholson Utilizer is a complete portable barking and chipping plant, operated by one man(Nicholson Manufacturing Co., Logger Utilizer)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Engin multifonctionnel qui écorce l'arbre et le transforme en copeaux de papeterie.

Spanish

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Record 54 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production Management
CONT

The construction of any purification plant must be preceded by a detailed study of the manufacturing sequences...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de la production
CONT

La construction d'une station d'épuration doit être précédée d'une étude détaillée des circuits de fabrication [...]

Spanish

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Record 55 1980-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
OBS

Capital constraints and the high cost of capital make manufacturing changes expensive and redeployment of plant facilities difficult.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

Les contraintes financières, dues au coût élevé du capital, rendent plus onéreux les grands changements techniques, et plus difficile le redéploiement des activités de la firme.

Spanish

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