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WIRE SAW [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Glass Manufacturing
CONT

Whether you are a professional artist or cutting glass as a hobby, glass saws make it easier to cut fused, heavily textured or thick glass. Cutting fused stained glass or thick glass pieces is nearly impossible to do by hand but with a ring saw, band saw or wire saw, the cuts can be easily made with precision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Fabrication du verre
CONT

Inconvénient de la découpe par scie à verre : les scies à verre sont des machines assez lentes[,] car vous devez vous déplacer lentement afin de couper le verre convenablement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Machinery and Equipment
DEF

A device or machine for stretching or expanding something(as a boot, carpet, fence, glove, saw, trousers, or wire) by applied force.

DEF

Strapping is applied by using stretchers (tensioning) and sealers (crimping).

French

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

La gamme des machines à cercler s'étend du simple appareil à tension par cabestan manœuvré à la main aux puissantes machines automatiques fonctionnant à la sortie des chaînes de production.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

An instrument for boring into or through bone or other hard substances.

CONT

A bone cutting instrument and accessories is a metal device intended for use in reconstructive oral surgery to drill or cut into the upper or lower jaw and may be used to prepare bone to insert a wire, pin, or screw. The device includes the manual bone drill and wire driver, powered bone drill, rotary bone cutting handpiece, and AC-powered bone saw.

OBS

There are many varieties of surgical drills : biopsy drill; bone drill; cannulated drill; cervical drill; fingernail drill; intramedullary drill; middle ear surgery drill; perforator drill; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Instrument tranchant doté d'un mouvement de rotation lui permettant de percer des trous dans les os.

OBS

Le «trépan» sert également à percer des os, notamment ceux du cerveau, mais prend la forme d'un vilebrequin. Quant au terme «perforateur», qui a aussi comme équivalent anglais «drill», il désigne un instrument en forme de poinçon pour percer un trou dans un os.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A hand-held wire saw for use in craniotomy or pubiotomy.

CONT

The Gigli's wire saw [is] a flexible wire with teeth used for osteotomy procedures; often used in blind operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

La scie-fil de Gigli se manipule fil tendu à l'aide des poignées prévues ou de deux pinces Kocher (le fil est alors pincé près de l'articulation de la pince pour avoir la force de scier). Il faut protéger les parties molles de la poussière d'os qui en résulte.

CONT

La scie de Gigli est très utile pour amorcer la séparation de la pièce fémorale du ciment ou de l'os quand le composant n'est pas scellé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Each carriage knee should be square with the headblock and the same distance from the saw. Align the knees by stretching a string or fine wire across the knee faces and by adjusting knees as needed until all touch the line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
OBS

Helicoidal saw. A stonecutter's saw consisting of an endless cable made of three steel wires twisted together, supplied with sand and water, and drawn along marble or other stone to cut it. Called also wire saw.

Key term(s)
  • wire saw
  • helicoidal saw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Fil hélicoïdal (I): Toron de deux ou trois fils enroulés en hélice, généralement à pas constant, de longueur infinie, utilisé dans les appareils de sciage pour entraîner une matière abrasive afin de scier une masse ou un bloc de pierre.

Spanish

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