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WIRE WHEEL BRUSH [6 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
DEF

A rotary tool fitted with a wire brush for surface cleaning.

OBS

The term "wire brush" designates the same machine as the term "grinder" but the machine is equipped with a wire brush instead of an abrasive wheel.

OBS

wire brush: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
DEF

Outil rotatif muni d'une brosse métallique pour nettoyer les surfaces.

OBS

Le terme «outil à brosser» désigne une machine identique à la meuleuse, mais équipée d'une brosse métallique à la place d'une roue abrasive.

OBS

outil à brosser : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Personal Esthetics
  • The Skin
CONT

Dermabrasion uses a fine wire brush or a diamond wheel with rough edges to remove the upper layers of the skin, allowing new skin to grow … Microdermabrasion uses a different technique to treat just the top layers of the skin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Appareil cutané
CONT

La microdermabrasion est une technologie qui consiste à retirer partiellement ou totalement la couche cornée. Cette ablation de la couche cornée est actuellement utilisée dans de nombreux soins anti-âge et dans le traitement de cicatrices et d'hyperpigmentations.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

A person that removes contamination from an area, a site, etc.

OBS

Decontaminates radioactive materials and equipment, using chemical solutions, and sandblasting machine : Reads contamination level, using radiation meter, and sorts contaminated items by size and radiation level, following specifications.... Places smaller objects in sandblasting machine, using manipulators or protective gloves, and starts machine to remove greater proportion of contamination and reduce immersion time. Places hot(radioactive) waste, such as sweepings and broken sample bottles, into disposal containers to be processed for land or sea burial. Cleans objects having radiation count under specified amount, using cloth, soap, solvents, wire brush, and buffing wheel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Personne chargée de décontaminer des sites, des objets et des personnes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
DEF

Rotary tool driving an output spindle adapted to carry an abrasive device for material removal.

OBS

The term "wire brush" designates the same machine as the term "grinder" but the machine is equipped with a wire brush instead of an abrasive wheel.

OBS

term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Pneumatic tools and machines vocabulary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
DEF

Outil rotatif entraînant une broche de sortie permettant d'adapter un dispositif abrasif et travaillant par enlèvement de matière.

OBS

Le terme «outil à brosser» désigne une machine identique à la meuleuse, mais équipée d'une brosse métallique à la place d'une roue abrasive.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

Terminologie des outils et machines pneumatiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
DEF

A wire brush or wheel used to remove debris from burs or files.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
DEF

Brosse, circulaire ou non, servant à débarrasser les fraises et les limes des débris qui y sont attachés.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
CONT

Dermabrasion involves the dermatologist freezing the skin and then planing it with rapidly rotating wire brush or diamond sanding wheel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

Dermatologie esthétique de la face. [...] Le ponçage rotatif est appelé à tort dermabrasion puisqu'il vise à enlever plus ou moins complètement l'épiderme et attaque à peine les couches les plus superficielles du derme : [...] Le matériel dont on dispose est fait d'un tour électrique prolongé d'un câble flexible terminé par un manche auquel est fixé : soit un cylindre en papier de verre ou diamanté - soit une brosse métallique.

Spanish

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