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WIRE FLOOR [7 records]

Record 1 2011-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cold Storage
DEF

A wire mesh or liquid network, heated and set in a cold storage facility floor to prevent freezing should water be spilled onto the floor.

CONT

AMS No-Dig Ltd was involved in an unusual project - halting and then reversing the destructive effect of frost heave at a major cold store in England’s East Midlands. The problem began when the store reduced its operating temperatures in line with new legislation. This reduction proved too much for the existing glycol heating mat which stopped working and then froze. With no insulation, the ground beneath the cold store also froze and frost heave set in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage frigorifique
DEF

Dispositif de chauffage constitué de résistances électriques ou de tubes de liquide chauffé montés en réseau et insérés dans le sol d'une chambre froide pour éviter qu'il ne gèle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrometallurgy
DEF

A bed or layer of cinders or coke placed below a pit mold for the purpose of carrying off the gases that pass downward.

CONT

Pit molds and all floor molds must be provided with a cinder bed located about l/2 or 2 feet below the casting to provide for the escape of the gases of the lower half of the mold. The cinder bed is connected to the surface by vent pipes which give free passage for the gases. Very deep molds may have cinder beds located at different levels around the mold. The gases are led to the cinder bed by freely venting the mold so that the wire strikes the bed.

OBS

cinder bed: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrométallurgie
OBS

Le mâchefer est le résidu solide de la combustion du charbon ou du coke dans les fours industriels ou bien encore de celle des déchets urbains dans les usines d'incinération.

OBS

scories : Du latin, scoria et du grec, skôria [on dit aussi en français mâchefer]. Les scories sont des sous-produits (de même que les laitiers) de la métallurgie. Elles sont formées de silicates à teneur métallique importante ce qui les fait réutiliser (en particulier celles contenant du cuivre ou du fer).

OBS

lit de scories : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
CONT

Drilling equipment is subjected to stress and vibration during operations. Maintenance is a necessary and ongoing activity on the drilling site. Maintenance activities include maintaining the : Rig Floor; Drilling Line Maintenance; Wire rope maintenance; Mud Circulating System; Generator, Electric Motors and Electrical Systems Engines; Derrick Equipment Maintenance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Un équipement de forage [...] permettrait de creuser un plus grand nombre de puits. Mais une foreuse mécanique coûte 25000$.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Recoton develops breakthrough technology which transmits stereo sound through walls, ceilings and floor up to 150 feet. In June 1989, the Federal Communications Commission allocated a band of frequencies stretching from 902 to 928 MHz for wireless, in-home product applications. Recoton, a leading wireless speaker manufacturer, took advantage of the FCC ruling by creating a new speaker system that utilizes this frequency band to transmit clearer, stronger stereo signals throughout your home. You will be able to listen to your stereo, TV, VCR or CD player in any room of your home without having to run miles of speaker wire. The powerful transmitter plugs into a headphone, audio-out or tape-out jack on your stereo or TV component transmitting music wirelessly to your speakers or headphones. One transmitter, unlimited viewers.(En Route, Air-Canada in-flight magazine, June 1994, p. 24).

Key term(s)
  • wireless headphones

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
DEF

For storage of certain types of art material. Wire screens or peg boards are suspended from sliding tracks which are hung from the ceiling or from an independent structure. Channels secured to the floor keep the hanging screens from swaying back and forth when they are pulled out for the examination of objects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
DEF

... wire screens suspended from sliding tracks which are hung from the ceiling or from an independent structure. Channels secured to the floor keep the hanging screens from swaying back and forth when they are pulled out for the examination of objects. Materials are hung from the screen with simple hooks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
DEF

(...) panneaux en treillis métallique suspendus à des rails fixés au plafond ou à une armature indépendante. Ces panneaux coulissent également dans des glissières fixées au plancher (...)

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surface Mining
  • Ashlar and Building Stone (Quarrying)
DEF

A quarrying method that is intermediate between the open pit and the adit.

OBS

Channel cuts, or separations made by wire saws or other means along the quarry walls, are slanted outward; thus the floor space is enlarged gradually. Wings or buttresses of stone may be left at intervals for wall support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière à ciel ouvert
  • Pierres de taille et moellons (Carrières)
DEF

Sous-cavage dans une carrière de pierre de construction.

Spanish

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