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FACTORY SETTING [6 records]

Record 1 2022-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

... general labourers at a construction site may use tools such as blowtorches or power drills, direct traffic during road construction, or set up scaffolding. In a factory setting, they may use forklifts or deliver materials. In the cleaning industry, general labourers may be expected to use high-powered cleaning tools, such as floor scrubbing and waxing machines; at other times, they may be asked to use tools such as mops and brooms.

Key term(s)
  • general laborer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

Manœuvre général [...] Principales responsabilités : Préparer les commandes (dans la cour); conduire le chariot élévateur; faire le remplissage de l'entrepôt [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper or Paperboard Goods
  • Scientific Research Equipment
CONT

A researcher keeps a field notebook as a record of observations made in the field. In some cases, those observations have been made with the intention of subjecting them to further analysis or interpretation after the fieldwork has been completed. ... In other cases, the aim may be to assemble a full record which can be used as a guide on a later visit to the same area.

OBS

field : An area or setting of practical activity or application outside an office, school, factory, or laboratory...

Key term(s)
  • field note book

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets en papier ou en carton
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
OBS

terrain : Lieu où un scientifique exerce sa recherche dont il étudiera les résultats en laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
  • Work and Production
CONT

A product engineer is responsible for overseeing the production of a product, typically in an indoor factory setting. They are responsible for ensuring that production demands are met efficiently and cost effectively. They often must decide which materials should be used to construct a product, how to assemble a product to ensure quality, and how to operate a production line with both machinery and manpower. Production engineers must work with company leaders to determine the demand for the product and the budget under which the product must be produced. The product engineer must work with the computer software that operates the factory machinery, as well as factory and production employees to ensure that tasks are being completed efficiently. Often, they are responsible for determining the number of employees needed to produce the product and are usually involved in the hiring process of those employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie
  • Travail et production
CONT

L'ingénieur en production est chargé de la gestion d'un atelier dans une usine, il doit faire en sorte que les délais de fabrication soient respectés, tout en assurant la qualité des produits.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Circuits Technology
  • Informatics
  • Life Cycle (Informatics)
CONT

Situations that require changing switch settings include the following : using an uninterruptible power supply; resetting the Dump/Reset to its dump memory setting. The switches are set correctly at the factory for your system configuration. If your system requires a switch change, change only the switch setting for that condition. Otherwise keep the switches at their factory settings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technologie des circuits électroniques
  • Informatique
  • Cycle de vie (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The NKE gyro pilot steers with the speed..., as the boat's reactions are different if you are doing 5 or 12 knots... there is a factory setting of the average boat speed... A navigation gyro consists of a motor and a heavy disk mounted in a set of gimbals. Sensors on the pivots of the gimbals or otherwise mounted in the case detect the relative movement between the axis of the gyro and the case. The advantage of the gyro over the traditional card compass is that the response is immediate.

CONT

Future commercial applications of MEMS [microelectromechanical systems] are expected to include microfluidic manipulators for implantable drug dispensers, navigation gyros for aerospace use and magnetic and optical storage, switching devices and displays for information technology.

OBS

navigation: The science or art of conducting ships or aircraft from one place to another;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

L'approximation gyroscopique consiste [...] à admettre, pour le rotor du gyroscope, la condition : [formule xxx]. Dans les gyroscopes de pilotage et de navigation en fonctionnement normal, cette condition est généralement vérifiée.

CONT

Mécanicien avionique. Mécanicien équipements électroniques bord. [...] Le programme d'enseignement porte notamment sur : [...] le contrôle vol moteur, les manomètres, les gyroscopes de navigation, le pilote automatique, les commandes de vol.

OBS

navigation : Technique de la conduite des navires et du pilotage des avions.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Industries
Key term(s)
  • factory settings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries diverses
OBS

Proposé par Mireille Bord (Leeds).

Spanish

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