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TRIP FREE [3 records]

Record 1 2009-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A circuit breaker that will trip (open) even if the operating mechanism (ON-OFF switch) is held in the ON position.

OBS

trip free circuit breaker : term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Trip-free circuit breakers are used on circuits that cannot tolerate overloads and on nonemergency circuits. Examples of these are precision or current sensitive circuits, nonemergency lighting circuits, and nonessential equipment circuits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

disjoncteur à déclenchement libre : terme normalisé par l'ISO et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A device that removes gas from the mud coming out of a well when a kick is being circulated out.

CONT

The Kem-Tron Mud Gas Separator is a skid mounted self-contained unit designed to separate and vent trip gas and heavily gas cut mud. Designed specifically for high-pressure wells the unit controls gas circulated to the surface by separating free gas from the mud and venting or flaring away from the well site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

L'équipement prévu pour surveiller le fluide de forage de chaque circuit de fluide de forage comprend [...] un séparateur gaz/boue conforme aux exigences [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modes of Transport (Tourism)
  • Tourism Publicity
CONT

And the Aeroplan rewards you can claim include upgrades, companion tickets and even free round trip tickets...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moyens de transport (Tourisme)
  • Stimulation du tourisme

Spanish

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