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THIN PIPE [7 records]

Record 1 2017-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Available in both upright and pendent models, this commercial quick response sprinkler is designed for wet pipe fire protection systems. The fusible link assembly includes a pair of thin copper halves joined by a layer of solder. When heat is applied, the solder melts and the two halves separate, allowing the sprinkler to activate.

OBS

quick-response fire sprinkler: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • quick response fire sprinkler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Sprinkleurs spéciaux [...] sprinkleurs «rapides». Munis d'ailettes améliorant la conduction et la convection pour gagner 50 % du temps de déclenchement, utilisés en ERP [Établissement recevant du public] par exemple où la rapidité d'alarme est indispensable.

OBS

extincteur automatique à déclenchement rapide : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
CONT

Drip Irrigation.... Water is delivered in small quantities under low pressure directly to... the root zone of the plants. You’ll need 1/2 inch polyethylene header pipe, and a roll of thin tape-like porous tubing. The header pipe connects to a garden hose and routes water through the garden. The pipe is placed either down the center or along one end of the garden. Small puncture holes are then made with a screwdriver into the header pipe at intervals corresponding to garden row. Eight-to ten-inch pieces of rubber connecting hose are then inserted into these holes. The other end of the connecting hose attaches to a length of porous tape. This tape is rolled out along each vegetable bed and cut to the same length as the row. Then end of the tape is then crimped to prevent water loss when the system is in use. Porous irrigation tape is best placed about three to four inches away from the base of the plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
CONT

Les rampes aplatissables sont appelées des gaines qui peuvent être simples ou doubles. On distingue divers types de gaines : - gaines perforées [...] - gaines poreuses : la paroi extérieure, composée de fibres «non tissées», laisse suinter l'eau à travers des pores de quelques micromètres. Gaines perforées et poreuses ne sont utilisables qu'à de faibles pressions et ne peuvent convenir que pour des cultures annuelles (maraîchage, fleurs) en terrain plat.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

A cast-iron, wrought-iron, or steel pipe, the interior of which has been lined with a smooth, dense, thin layer of cement mortar, to reduce corrosion and to increase the smoothness of the interior of the pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Tuyau en fonte, en fer forgé, en acier ou autre dont l'intérieur est recouvert de mortier de ciment, mince et lisse, en vue de réduire la corrosion et d'améliorer son coefficient de rugosité.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
DEF

a short length of thin wires twisted so as to hold tiny tufts of yarn and used to clean the stem of a tobacco pipe, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur
OBS

Petite brosse très fine en longueur qui sert à nettoyer le tuyau de la pipe.

Key term(s)
  • nettoie-pipe

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Foundations
CONT

The allowable compressive stresses in pile materials shall not exceed the values in Table 4.2.5.A. ... Concrete ... cast in-situ in steel pipes left in place ...

CONT

The concrete of a cased pile is cast inside a form that usually consists of a metal shell or thin pipe left in the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fondations profondes
CONT

Dans un pieu à tube perdu, le tube de façonnage est laissé dans le sol après avoir été bétonné intérieurement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
CONT

Automotive engineers could imagine, for instance, constructing an electrorheological clutch. The fluid inside this clutch would couple a car's engine to its drive shaft, which delivers power to the wheels. When solidified, the fluid would force the drive shaft to rotate. As it liquifies, the fluid would allow the engine to disengage from the drive shaft and spin freely, as if in neutral gear. Such a clutch would have few parts to wear or fail. And with a response time of a few milliseconds, it would make purely mechanical clutches look slow. It was also hoped that electrorheological fluids would lead to valveless hydraulic systems, in which solidifying fluid would shut off flow through a thin section of pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
CONT

Les ingénieurs du secteur automobile imaginaient par exemple de construire un embrayage électro-rhéologique. Le fluide de l'embrayage pourrait coupler le moteur d'une voiture à son arbre moteur, qui délivre la puissance aux roues. Solidifié, le fluide entraînerait l'arbre moteur dans sa rotation. En se liquéfiant, le fluide laisserait le moteur se désolidariser de l'arbre moteur et tourner librement, comme au point mort. Un tel embrayage aurait peu de composants susceptibles de s'user ou de tomber en panne. Son temps de réponse de quelques millièmes de secondes ridiculiserait les embrayages purement mécaniques. On espérait aussi que les fluides électro-rhéologiques permettraient d'élaborer des dispositifs hydrauliques sans soupapes, où le fluide solidifié arrêterait le débit à travers une section étroite de la tuyauterie.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Welding and Soldering (Metals)
CONT

The Insto-Gas brush-type flame is clean and has an even heat accurately controlled for quick heating of the whole fitting at once without burning the flux or the thin walled pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soudage (Métal)
CONT

La flamme propre en forme de pinceau produit une chaleur uniforme, à la température voulue, et permet de réchauffer tout le raccord en même temps sans brûler le flux ou la paroi mince du tuyau.

Spanish

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