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RELEASE DISK [4 records]

Record 1 2011-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A bailing device with a release valve, usually of the disk or flapper type, that is used to place or spot material(as cement slurry) at the bottom of a well.

CONT

This technique ... called laying in a plug ... may be accomplished by placing the cement with a dump-bottom bailer on a wire line or by pumping cement down the drill pipe or tubing.

OBS

dump bailer; dump-bottom bailer: These terms are more general than "cement dump bailer," since they are used for cement or any other slurry material.

Key term(s)
  • dump bottom bailer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[Dispositif] servant à déposer à l'aide d'un câble un bouchon de ciment au fond d'un puits.

OBS

cuiller de cimentation; cuillère de cimentation; cuiller pour mise en place du ciment : Ces termes, qui s'appliquent à la mise en place du ciment, sont plus spécifiques que les termes anglais «dump bailer» ou «dump-bottom bailer» qui peuvent s'appliquer à d'autres matériaux.

Key term(s)
  • cuillère pour mise en place du ciment

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Helicopters (Military)
CONT

The fire extinguishing equipment for an airliner such as the Douglas DC-10 incorporates three systems with six pressurized agent containers, two for each engine. The containers for the wing-mounted engines are located in pairs in the leading edge of the wing between the nacelle and the fuselage on each side of the aircraft.... The discharge cartridge is an electrically fired explosive unit that provides force to rupture the disk seal in the outlet port of the container and release the extinguishing agent to the deployment lines. One discharge cartridge is installed on each wing-mounted container and two are installed on the aft-engine container. The discharge cartridge contains two squibs(explosive charges) that are fired by an electric circuit that heats the powder to the ignition point. When the fire extinguisher control handle is pulled down, the electric circuit is closed and the squibs are fired. The force of the explosion ruptures the disk seal, thus releasing the extinguishing agent. A screen in the discharge head prevents particles of the disk from entering the deployment line.

OBS

This system is specific to the McDonnell Douglas Corporation aircraft (DC-9, DC-10).

OBS

fire control handle : term officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
OBS

poignée coupe-feu : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Braking Devices (Mechanical Components)
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A wind turbine safety braking device made of a disk connected to the high-speed shaft whose release stops the wind turbine operation completely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Freins (Composants mécaniques)
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Dispositif de freinage de sécurité constitué d'un disque solidaire de l'arbre rapide et dont le déclenchement entraîne l'arrêt total de l'éolienne.

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

There is also educational CD-ROM software for adults.

OBS

Microsoft will soon release a CD-ROM disk that combines Microsoft Word, its popular word-processing program, with Bookshelf for Windows, an on-line library that includes an encyclopedia, an atlas, and five other reference books. The disk will be priced at $595, just $100 more than the basic Word software alone. Users will be able to electronically cut and paste quotations and definitions into their own documents. The disk will include some neat sound bites : It will pronounce every word in the American Heritage Dictionary and play the national anthem of every country in the world. And it will have writers, public speakers and poets reciting their own works.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
OBS

On trouve déjà des didacticiels multimédia sur disque optique, ou des didacticiels sur disque optique multimédia.

Spanish

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