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COMPRESSION SEAL [6 records]

Record 1 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Construction Materials
DEF

A joint seal providing tightness exerting compressive force on the sealing material.

OBS

compression joint: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Matériaux de construction
CONT

Les joints dits à compression [...] permettent d'assurer l'étanchéité par compression d'une bague (au moyen d'un écrou) [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Freeze-Drying
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company’s catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Lyophilisation
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Freeze-Drying
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company’s catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Lyophilisation
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Artesian Water Wells
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
CONT

Surge-blocks, swabs, or plungers are disc shaped devices made to fit tightly within the well. Their edges are usually fitted with rubber or leather rings to make a tight seal against the well casing. Pipe sections are then attached to the surge-block to lower it into the well, above the well screen, and about 15 feet below the water level. The assembly is then repeatedly lifted up and down. The up and down action of the surge-block creates suction and compression strokes that force water in and out of the well through the screened interval, gravel pack, and aquifer. It works like a plunger in the way that it removes small obstructions and sediments from the well. The surge-block is slowly lowered each time resistance begins to decrease.

CONT

A rapid up and down motion of a surge block in the water of the well will give reversals of flow through the screen ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Puits autres qu'artésiens (Sources d'eau)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
CONT

Un mouvement rapide ascendant et descendant d'un piston de refoulement (purgeur) dans l'eau du puits, renversera alternativement la direction de l'écoulement au travers de la crépine [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

A variation of conventional compression molding, this process uses two metal molds having a close-fitting, telescoping area to seal in the plastic compound being molded and to trim the reinforcement. The reinforcement, usually mat or preform, is positioned in the mold, and the mold is closed and heated(pressures generally vary between 150 and 400 lb/in. ²). Mold is then opened and part lifted out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
CONT

[Dans le moulage entre moule et contre-moule, l'injection se fait en moule ouvert ou en moule fermé. En moule ouvert, le] principe consiste à déposer le renfort sur l'un des deux demi-moules, puis à distribuer la crème (mélange des constituants de la résine et de l'agent moussant) [...]. Le moule est immédiatement fermé, l'expansion de la résine se faisant dans le moule fermé. [En moule fermé] la fermeture du moule s'effectue avant l'opération d'injection.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Covering Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements intérieurs

Spanish

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