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HOLDING SCREW [7 records]

Record 1 2018-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Construction Tools
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
DEF

A tool consisting of two jaws for holding a workpiece; opened and closed by a screw, lever, or cam mechanism.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Outils (Construction)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
DEF

Désigne divers instruments à mâchoires, ou mors, dont le serrage permet de maintenir fermement des pièces à usiner ou à former, surtout en menuiserie, en serrurerie et en plomberie.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Herramientas (Construcción)
  • Herramientas y equipo de fontanería
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Record 2 2017-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

... [tool using] the principle of the wheel and axle in creating its driving force. The pressure on the swing of the bow is in direct proportion to the force applied to the cutters of the auger bit. The tool is so constructed that downward pressure may be applied on the boring tool while a constant revolving motion directs the cutting action. The bit brace... is used for holding and driving all kinds of boring tools, screw driver bits...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

[...] manivelle qui se manœuvre à la main au moyen d'une poignée que l'on tient fixe à l'aide du bras ou en l'appuyant sur la poitrine; l'outil ou la mèche fixée à la manivelle opère par un mouvement de rotation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A C-shaped general-purpose clamp that clamps between the open ends of the C by means of a long flat-ended screw that threads through one end and presses the clamped material against the other.

CONT

The carriage clamp, or C-clamp, as it is commonly called, is shaped like a large C and has three main parts :(1) The threaded screw,(2) the jaw, and(3) the swivel head. The swivel plate, which is at the bottom of the screw, prevents the end from turning directly against the material being clamped. Although C-clamps vary in size from 2 in. upward, their function is always that of clamping or holding.

CONT

C-clamps are generally used to hold two or more pieces of material together temporarily while a permanent fastening is installed or, in the case of woodwork, while glue or another adhesive is setting.

OBS

C clamp: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Outil en forme d'étrier servant à bloquer des pièces dans diverses opérations d'ajustage, montage, collage, soudure, etc. et dont une extrémité comporte une vis terminée par un patin qui permet le blocage de la pièce contre l'autre extrémité de l'étrier.

OBS

Pluriel : des serre-joints.

OBS

serre-joints (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

serre-joint en C : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

OBS

serre-joint en C : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
DEF

A type of self-tapping screw that cuts its thread by the removal of material as opposed to a thread-forming screw which forms its thread by displacement of the material; thread forming screws are to be used with softer materials than thread cutting ones.

CONT

Thread cutting screw... For this type of screw, the off-center shank slot provides true cutting action, eliminating a separate tapping operation and generating a perfectly mated thread that contributes to stronger fastening. When compared to machine screws in tapped holes, fewer thread cutting screws will achieve the same holding power. Thread cutting screws may be removed and redriven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
Key term(s)
  • vis auto-taraudeuse taillant le filet

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Appliances and Equipment
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A bolt-and-nut terminal for making temporary electrical connections.

DEF

A screw for holding a conductor to the terminal of a device or equipment.

Key term(s)
  • lead-in
  • feed stud

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage électrique
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

borne de raccordement : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

OBS

En anglais comme en français, quoique semblables, ces termes sont réalisés physiquement, de façon différente (borne sans vis, écrou, serre-fils ...) mais, ils couvrent tous la même notion.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treatment of Wood
  • Reconstituted-Wood Products
CONT

To obtain the maximum screw-holding strength holes should be drilled in the edges of the plywood a fraction less in diameter than that of the body of the screw and a turn or two less than the actual length of the screw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bois
  • Bois reconstitués
DEF

Dans l'industrie des panneaux dérivés du bois, essai visant à éprouver les propriétés mécaniques de ceux-ci et consistant à enfoncer des vis dans les faces et les rives d'un panneau et à en mesurer la résistance à l'arrachement.

CONT

La résistance à l'arrachement des vis est plus forte lorsqu'elles sont enfoncées dans les faces du panneau plutôt que dans les chants.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrestling
OBS

Nichset

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lutte
OBS

Nichset hydraulique, pneumatique 127cp/2.75

Spanish

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