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CLUTCH DISC [19 records]

Record 1 2023-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

A clutch brake is a circular metal disc with friction material attached to both sides. Two tangs on the clutch brake match machined slots in the transmission input shaft. The clutch brake is mounted on these slots, between the release bearing and the transmission. This mounting arrangement allows the clutch brake to move back and forth along the input shaft. The purpose of a clutch brake is to stop or slow the input shaft from rotating, allowing the gears to mesh without grinding/clashing. This eliminates damage to non-synchronized transmissions, and minimizes the effort required when shifting from neutral into first or reverse from a standstill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Mecanismo que sirve para reducir más rápidamente la velocidad del eje motor de la transmisión durante el embragado.

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Record 2 2023-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Trucks that regularly tow 15, 000 lbs or more should use a double disc clutch designed for the street, regardless of the hp [high performance] level.

Key term(s)
  • two disc clutch
  • two disk clutch
  • two plate clutch
  • double-disc clutch
  • double disk clutch
  • dual-disc clutch
  • dual-disk clutch
  • dual disk clutch
  • twin disk clutch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

L'embrayage bidisque permet de transmettre des couples élevés avec un petit diamètre. Avec une surface de friction plus importante et une dissipation thermique supérieure, le système peut faire face à des contraintes élevées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acoplamientos (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Sistemas de transmisión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
CONT

Embrague de doble disco. Se utiliza cuando las dimensiones de un solo disco no son las suficientes para transmitir el momento de giro del motor. [...] Además de las piezas de un embrague de un solo disco, este embrague tiene una placa intermedia y otro disco de embrague.

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Record 3 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Clutch driven plate having a hub equipped with springs which act as dampers when the clutch is operated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Disque d'embrayage dont le moyeu est doté de ressorts agissant comme amortisseurs lors de manœuvres d'embrayage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Sistemas de transmisión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Embrague de disco cuyo cubo está provisto de resortes que actúan como amortiguadores durante el embragado.

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Record 4 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Clutch assembly having a single clutch driven plate.

OBS

single-disc clutch : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Embrayage qui se compose d'un seul disque.

OBS

embrayage monodisque : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Sistemas de transmisión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Embrague de un solo disco impulsado entre el volante y la placa de presión.

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Record 5 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
CONT

When the clutch is engaged, this spring forces the pressure plate against the clutch disc; driver effort through the clutch linkage overcomes the spring pressure to disengage it.

OBS

clutch linkage: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Agencement de pièces reliant la pédale de débrayage à la fourchette de débrayage.

OBS

commande de l'embrayage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
CONT

The clutch cover is screwed to the engine flywheel. It transfers the engine torque to the clutch disc on the transmission input shaft. The clutch cover is composed of the clutch housing and the diaphragm spring which presses the axially displaceable pressure plate against the clutch disc and flywheel when the clutch is engaged.

OBS

clutch cover: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Boîtier boulonné sur le volant et servant d'appui aux ressorts de pression lors de l'embrayage.

OBS

couvercle d'embrayage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
OBS

disc clutch; plate clutch : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

embrayage à disque : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acoplamientos (Componentes mecánicos)
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Record 8 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
CONT

The clutch is composed of three discs on a shaft. Two of the discs, the driven disc and floating disc, are connected to the engine crankshaft and turn when the engine is running. The third disc, or clutch hub with lining, is free to turn on the shaft and is connected to the transmission by means of the drive belt. This disc is between the other two discs, and is the one with the lining. It turns when the scooter moves. As the three discs are pressed together, they are forced to turn together, transmitting engine power to the transmission.

OBS

clutch hub: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Partie interne de l'embrayage qui comporte des rainures pour recevoir des disques.

OBS

moyeu d'embrayage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
OBS

clutch arbor; clutch centerer; clutch disc aligning arbor : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • clutch disk aligning arbor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

centreur d'embrayage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 10 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultivating and Tilling Equipment
OBS

Most modern single-wheeled and two-wheeled tractors can be equipped with a cutter-bar which is useful for tidying up small areas of land where weeds grow, as well as for more straightforward work on long grass. Reciprocating knife mowers are engine driven and are also self-propelled. Usually the cutting mechanism operates as soon as the engine is started but forward movement is started by a hand-operated clutch. All rotating disc mowers have engine powered cutting mechanisms but only the larger machines are self-propelled. Pedestrian-operated machines have a 6 to 7. 5 kW engine which drives the flails by means of vee belts and the land wheels by chain and sprockets through a gearbox.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Motoculteurs et motobineuses
DEF

Petite machine automotrice, à un seul essieu, guidée au moyen de mancherons et destinée à la fauche de l'herbe plus spécialement en montagne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motocultores y motobinadoras
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Record 11 2002-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
CONT

The 1000 rpm front P. T. O. like the rear one, is engaged via an oil immersed multiple disc clutch which is actuated with an electro hydraulic servo control through a rotation switch situated on the right-hand console in the cab.

Key term(s)
  • multi-disc clutch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Embrayage comportant plusieurs disques fonctionnant à sec ou dans de l'huile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de transmisión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
  • Acoplamientos (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Sistemas de transmisión mecánica
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Record 12 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Componentes mecánicos
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Record 13 1998-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Braking Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Clutch driven plate for heavy vehicles, which facings made of metallic fibers bound with an organic binder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Freins (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Disque d'embrayage de véhicule lourd doté de garnitures de friction constituées de fibres métalliques avec liant organique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Frenos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Embrague de disco de vehículo pesado con revestimiento de fricción de fibras metálicas con un aglutinante orgánico.

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Record 15 1996-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucking (Road Transport)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

Clutch driven plate having ceramic facings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Camionnage
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Disque d'embrayage doté de garnitures en céramique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por camión
  • Sistemas de transmisión (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
DEF

Embrague de disco con revestimiento cerámico.

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Record 16 1989-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Strong springs squeeze the clutch disc between the flywheel and pressure plate... Clutches are named after the kink of pressure spring they employ. Coil-spring clutches, once common, are giving way to diaphragm clutches...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Dans ce type d'embrayage, les ressorts du plateau de pression sont remplacés par un ressort unique constitué par un diaphragme en tôle d'acier embouti en forme de cône très aplati et évidé en son contre pour le passage de l'arbre de la boîte de vitesses.

Spanish

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Record 17 1989-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)

Spanish

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Record 18 1989-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

Le ressort de rappel applique le disque récepteur sur le disque moteur.

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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