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Record 1 2020-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

A strong, lustrous silk about three times the diameter of normal sewing silk, and is used for hand-worked buttonholes, for sewing on buttons, and for various decorative effects.

CONT

... you can sew up any holes that you might have. I use... a button hole twist thread in a light brown or tan color...

Key term(s)
  • buttonhole silk twist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
PHR

fil de soie retorse, soie retorse pour boutonnières

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de hilados (Textiles)
DEF

Hilo grueso utilizado en detalles que necesitan resistencia para evitar el desgaste como los ojales o cosido de botones y cierres, y también para la confección de prendas resistentes como los pantalones vaqueros, por ejemplo.

CONT

Accesorios de costura. [...] Torzal de seda: Este hilo (grueso D) sirve para costuras aparentes, para ojales hechos a mano y para bordar; con él se puede también coser a máquina.

Key term(s)
  • hilo torzal de seda
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Record 2 2015-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A cylindrical fishing tool having an upward-tapered inside surface provided with hardened threads.

CONT

When slipped over the upper end of lost, cylindrical, downhole drilling equipment and turned, the threaded inside surface of the bell tap cuts into and grips the outside surface of the lost equipment.

CONT

The die collar is made up on the drill pipe and lowered into the hole until it contacts the lost pipe. Rotation of the die collar on top of the pipe causes it to cut threads on the outside of the pipe, forming a firm attachment. Then the pipe is retrieved from the hole.

OBS

[The die collar is] the female counterpart of a taper tap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Le repêchage du poisson se fait avec différents outils suivant que l'on peut ou non le coiffer facilement. Ce sont : - l'overshot et la cloche taraudée (outils femelles), - le harpon et le taraud (outils mâles). [...] La cloche et le taraud [...] sont tout simplement constitués par un cône très allongé (femelle pour la cloche, mâle pour le taraud), en acier extrêmement dur, comportant des filets triangulaires très minces et à pas très faible. Des rainures disposées suivant les génératrices du cône permettent le dégagement des copeaux d'acier produits au moment de la prise de l'appareil. Ce sont ces rainures qui empêchent le rétablissement d'une circulation correcte.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Excavated area under drill-derrick floor to provide headroom for casing and pipe connections required at the collar of a borehole ...

DEF

A capsule that fits over wellheads on the ocean floor.

CONT

Before erecting and rigging up the drilling rig, a hole is dug at the location about 10 ft square and 6 ft deep and lined with concrete and timber. This is called the cellar whose function is to accommodate some of the wellhead equipment and preventers below ground level, to reduce the height of the rig floor above the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Excavation creusée en début de forage pour recevoir l'appareillage de tête de puits.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
CONT

Since the caisson-digging machines, or "bucket, "or "auger" drills, as they are called, dig at such a fast rate(45 ft in 20 min is not uncommon once the machine is set up over the location of the hole), great advantage is taken of the important time factor in most soft-ground excavation work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
CONT

Depuis que les machines à forer les puits, sondeuses à godets ou à tarières, creusent à une telle rapidité (13 m en 20 minutes n'est pas une exception dès que la machine est à pied d'œuvre), on gagne un temps considérable dans la plupart des travaux de terrassement des sols mous.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A molecular device capable of converting energy into movement and able to generate forces on the order of piconewtons.

CONT

The nanomotor has a positioning stroke up to some centimeters while operating with atomic resolution and thus builds a bridge over eight orders of magnitude. The nanomotor is a piezo driven linear motor consisting of a cylindrical housing and a slider with a free axial hole inside. It utilizes a piezo tube for fine positioning and a pulse wave produced by the same piezo tube for coarse movements. Every point of its stroke can be reached with a speed of up to 5 mm/s. In its free axial hole the nanomotor can transport a tip, a hose, an electrode, a hypodermic needle, a glass fiber or even a microgripper. The nanomotor is available in three different versions. The "small" nanomotor is half the size of a match stick. It can lift six times of its own mass. The dynamic force of this nanomotor is so high, that even imprints in diamond surfaces can be produced. Special versions of the nanomotor can operate in ultra high vacuum, in liquid helium, even under water or as non-magnetic drives.

PHR

Primer, virus nanomotor.

PHR

Nanotube nanomotor.

Key term(s)
  • nano-motor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Assemblage de molécules comportant des éléments de dimensions nanométriques qui, lorsqu'ils sont alimentés par une source d'énergie, répètent incessamment le même mouvement.

PHR

Nanomoteur biologique, protéique.

Key term(s)
  • nano-moteur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
CONT

El nanomotor es capaz de desplazar cargas y de girar como un motor convencional, pero un millón de veces más pequeño que el agujero de una aguja. La investigación abre las puertas a la creación de nuevos dispositivos nanométricos capaces de llevar a cabo tareas mecánicas con futuras aplicaciones en ámbitos como la biomedicina o los nuevos materiales.

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Record 6 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
CONT

Water weighs 8. 3 pounds a gallon. Formation pressures can be up to 16 pounds per gallon coming the other way. While you’re drilling that hole and setting those pipes to create a pressure integrity conduit, you use a mixture — barite and other chemicals — so that you take water at 8. 3 pounds a gallon and make it 18 pounds a gallon, and you pump that into the well as you drill the hole. Then that 16-pound-per-gallon force that oil and gas want to come in with, you’re holding that down with the mud at 18 pounds a gallon.

OBS

The end fittings of flexible flowlines or risers in a subsea production system shall have pressure integrity and load-bearing capacities greater than that of the pipe.

Key term(s)
  • pressure-integrity conduit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Canalisations à grande distance
OBS

Les raccords des conduites d’écoulement ou des tubes prolongateurs souples du système de production sous-marin doivent posséder une résistance à la pression et aux charges plus grande que celle du tuyau.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

An end, or frame, in which one team counts all eight of its rocks to the utter exclusion of the opposing team; eight points scored by one team in one end.

CONT

The maximum obviously would be eight rocks, which sets up an "eight ender, "curling's equivalent of golf's hole in one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Dans une manche, le fait que chacune des huit pierres d'une équipe marque un point et que, conséquemment, l'autre équipe soit blanchie.

OBS

Au cours d'une manche, chacun des quatre joueurs de chacune des deux équipes joue deux pierres. Une fois les seize pierres jouées, on accorde un point à chaque pierre placée plus près du cercle central que celle d'un adversaire. Il est ainsi possible que les huit pierres d'une équipe soient mieux placées que celles de l'autre équipe.

PHR

Faire de ses huit pierres, huit points.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

The exploration department at Cogema Resources... recognized the technical difficulties and expense encountered in drilling deep vertical holes. The solution was a technique called navigational drilling(or Navi-drilling) that was used in the oil industry and, less often, in mining.... Simply put, navi-drilling allows operators to begin drilling a new hole 500 to 600 metres below the surface by using a pre-existing "pilot hole. "This significantly reduces costs as the same hole is used for up to six navi-drilling holes. A steerable motor with a rotor system turns a cutting bit. The motor is powered by hydraulic force created by the mixture of water and drilling muds pumped inside the drill string. The fluid is pumped through the motor and returns to the surface at a rate of up to 250 litres per minute. [Followed by an illustration of a schematic cross-section showing navi-drilling holes. ]

CONT

Further deep drilling at Southwest Oyu will await the arrival of navigational drilling equipment, which will allow Ivanhoe to more accurately delineate the deeper portions of the high grade porphyry zone (in excess of one half of a mile deep).

CONT

Newbergh Industries Limited ("Newbergh") has developed and patented a technology which will greatly enhance the steering currently being used in oil and gas field directional drilling. This technology, which is known under the acronym of "HANDS", which stands for Hydraulic Activated Navigational Drilling System, will be incorporated in a so-called benthousing, which will make this piece of equipment remote adjustable whilst drilling for the first time. Its implication will improve drilling performance in terms of speed as well as quality and will result in considerable cost savings for the oil companies and savings in energy to drill the bore holes.

CONT

As underground development proceeds to production levels, a return air raise (RAR) will be installed approximately 270 metres north west of the Hart Shaft and allow the Hart Shaft to revert to a second fresh air intake source. The site for the RAR, which will probably be 4.0 metres in diameter, has been confirmed following vertical navi drilling and the use of a RAAX digital imaging borehole camera to geotechnically assess the insitu ground conditions.

CONT

Directional Drilling Training. Navigation Drilling Training.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage profond (Mines)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Forage multidirectionnel réalisé à partir d'un trou pilote.

OBS

forage multibranche : proposition d'un ingénieur, Institut français du pétrole; nous avons trouvé l'expression «puits multibranche» dans un site Internet (justification reproduite ci-après).

OBS

forage en faisceaux : proposition faite à partir de l'expression «faisceaux de pipelines» relevée dans un site Internet (justification reproduite ci-après); approuvée par l'Institut français du pétrole, nov. 2002.

OBS

navigationnel : Néologisme proposé à partir des attestations que l'on trouve dans le domaine de la télématique, où il est défini comme suit : «Caractéristique des systèmes qui permettent la navigation à travers les informations, c'est-à-dire de passer de l'une à l'autre directement». Cela n'est pas très parlant pour qualifier un forage, mais son pendant anglais ne l'est guère plus. Sous toutes réserves.

OBS

forage multilatéral : proposition de M. Stéphane Ménand, du Centre de géotechnique et d'exploitation du sous-sol, de l'École des mines de Paris. Nous hésitons cependant à recommander son emploi, étant donné que l'adjectif «multilatéral» n'est attesté que dans les domaines de l'économie et de la politique, pour désigner ce qui concerne les rapports entre des États. Nous pensons que «multibranche» ou «en faisceaux» sont préférables. (nov. 2002)

OBS

[...] l'expérimentation de puits multibranche, permettant de réaliser des extensions latérales dans des puits existants [...]

OBS

Notre société a construit plus de 1200 traversées par la méthode brevetée du Forage Horizontal Dirigé, dans toutes les parties du monde. [...] À ses débuts, le forage directionnel horizontal se limitait aux sols alluvionnaires tels que sable, limon et argile. Finalement, à la demande de ses clients, ses applications se sont étendues aux terrains rocheux. [...] Une autre application attractive du forage directionnel est l'installation de nombreux pipelines sur un parcours de forage commun. L'avantage principal des faisceaux de pipelines est la possibilité pour le client de limiter la quantité de droits de passage en dessous d'une voie d'eau ou d'un autre obstacle. HDI a fixé le standard pour des faisceaux de pipelines grâce à des installations dans le monde entier plus nombreuses que celles réalisés par les autres entreprises de forage directionnel. Les principales réalisations d'installations de faisceaux comprennent l'installation d'un faisceau de douze pipelines de 150 mm de diamètre sous la rivière Peene en Allemagne et de quatre pipelines de 300 mm de diamètre au-dessous du Mississippi aux États Unis.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

The shovel shear test provides information about the location where the snow could fail in shear. It is best applied for identification of buried weak layers and does not usually produce useful results in layers close to the snow surface. Soft snow near the surface is better tested with the tilt board and the shear frame or an improvised version of this tilt test.

CONT

Shovel Shear Test. This test can be done on a flat or on a slope. With good technique, the location of weak layers, even thin weak layers, can be found. First dig a hole or pit in the snow. The vertical wall of the pit should be straight up and down, and smooth. Make a mark on the uphill portion of one corner of your pit with your shovel blade. This will mark the boundaries of your column, which should be roughly 30 cm by 30 cm or 12 inches square.(A) Now, cut both sides using a snow saw or your ski, all the way to the floor of the pit making sure that the cuts are straight.(B) The back of the column should only be cut as deep as your shovel blade is long, so measure with your shovel blade(C) and then cut the back.(D) Next, insert your shovel, blade down, in the back cut of the column and pull gently and evenly forward being careful not to lever your shovel handle.(E) Examine the shear layer where the block failed.(F) The force applied to the shovel that causes a weak layer to shear from the layers surrounding it can be rated as follows : Very easy... Easy... Moderate... Hard...

CONT

The results of the shovel shear test were inconclusive. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Shovel test: abbreviated form of "shovel shear test." Shovel test may also refer to the shovel tilt test or the shovel compression test.

OBS

Observers are cautioned that identification of the weak layers is the primary objective of the shovel shear test. The shovel shear test is not a stability test.

OBS

shovel shear test: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Le test de la pelle consiste à isoler une tranche du manteau neigeux de base carrée (la largeur est celle de la pelle, soit une trentaine de centimètres en moyenne), puis à la tirer vers soi ou à la charger pour détecter la présence de plan(s) de glissement potentiel(s).

CONT

Le test de cisaillement à la pelle n'a pas donné de résultats définitifs. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

[Ce test n'est] pas à proprement parler un test de stabilité.

OBS

Test de la pelle. [...] Il existe plusieurs variantes de ce test sous la même désignation. Méthode Faarlund. [...] Méthode de Munter.

OBS

test de cisaillement à la pelle; essai de cisaillement à la pelle : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
DEF

A rotary mechanism having a ten hole finger wheel which when wound up and released causes pulsing contacts to interrupt the line current and operate central office selecting equipment in accordance with the digit(1 thru 0) dialed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
DEF

Organe de numérotation comportant un disque à trous (disque ajouré) qui fait partie du poste téléphonique et émet des impulsions correspondant au numéro composé par l'abonné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teléfonos
DEF

En un sistema conmutado, método convencional de marcado que crea una serie de pulsos para identificar a la estación llamada.

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Record 11 2007-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

plug : A piece of wood or other solid or firm material, driven into or used to stop up a hole or aperture which it tightly fits, to fill a gap, or act as a wedge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

bouchon : Pièce en bois ou en tout autre matériaux solide ou rigide, utilisé pour boucher ou pour obturer un trou, une ouverture, pour combler un interstice ou encore pour servir de cale.

OBS

Obturateur mâle.

OBS

bouchon d'obturation : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 12 2007-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A piece of wood or other solid or firm material, driven into or used to stop up a hole or aperture which it tightly fits, to fill a gap, or act as a wedge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Pièce en bois ou en tout autre matériaux solide ou rigide, utilisé pour boucher ou pour obturer un trou, une ouverture, pour combler un interstice ou encore pour servir de cale.

OBS

bouchon : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 13 2006-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Hardware
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
CONT

Water the plant normally and then fill the watering bulb with water, poke a hole in the soil with a pencil, and insert the stem into the hole. As the soil dries it will draw the water from the bulb for up to 7 days, depending on the plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie générale
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
CONT

Boule d'arrosage en verre soufflé bouche et modelé à la main. Elle arrose vos plantes d'intérieur en votre absence! Nombreux coloris, longueurs en 20, 38 et 58 cm. Effet déco et utile garantie!

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Self-sealing tires are designed to fix most tread-area punctures instantly and permanently. These tires feature standard tire construction with the exception of an extra lining inside the tire under the tread area that's coated with a puncture sealant that can permanently seal most punctures from nails, bolts or screws up to 3/16 of an inch in diameter. These tires first provide a seal around the object when the tire is punctured and then fill in the hole in the tread when the object is removed.

Key term(s)
  • self-sealing tyre
  • self sealing tire
  • self sealing tyre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

Ajoutons que la Magnum R/T est équipée de pneus auto-obturants, c'est-à-dire, pratiquement anticrevaison.

Spanish

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Record 15 2006-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Gemmology
CONT

... you can see the basic set up of a traditional jamb peg faceter. The spinning lap provides the grinding and polishing surface, the wooden "dop" sticks to which the rough is adhered, serve to hold the stone in position as various cuts are made. The angle of the cut is controlled by placing the dop stick in a particular hole, the depth of cut is controlled by the amount of time the piece spends in contact with the lap and how hard the facetor presses down on it, and the radial position is controlled by removing, slightly rotating, and reinserting the dop stick in its hole as each different cut is made. Most stones that are cut on such equipment are referred to as "native cut. "

CONT

Although modern highly engineered faceting machines have replaced jamb pegs in much of the world, these older systems are still widely used, and a substantial proportion of the gems in commerce today have been cut by them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Gemmologie
DEF

Cône renversé [ou plateau] comportant des encoches, placé à côté de la meule, et destiné à maintenir constante l'inclinaison du bâton.

CONT

La taille nécessite d'encimenter la pierre au bout d'un bâton dont l'inclinaison sur la meule est maintenue constante par appui sur un évent (sorte de cône renversé comportant une série d'encoches, fixé verticalement à côté de la meule).

OBS

Équipement utilisé pour la taille des pierres de couleur. Pour la taille des diamants, on utilise la pince (tang).

Spanish

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Record 16 2005-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

Drill lengths can be divided into jobber, stub, long series and extra length. Jobber length drills produce hole depths of up to 4 x diameter, whilst stub drills have a shorter flute length and produce hole depths of up to 2. 5 x diameter, which makes for good drill stability.

CONT

Screw machine drills are popular in the automotive and construction industries. They are often used in screw machine setup where spindle clearance is limited. Sizes smaller than 1/16 have 118 degree standard point.

CONT

... stub drills ... Used with portable-drills for drilling wide ranges of materials. Used where increasing rigidity is required & for short-length drilling. Named as "Screw-Machine Drills" in USA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)
CONT

Les longueurs des forets se déclinent en série courte, extra-courte, longue et extra-longue. Les forets série courte permettent de percer jusqu'à 4 x le diamètre, tandis que les extra-courts qui ont une longueur taillée moins importante permettent de percer jusqu'à 2,5 x le diamètre, ce qui améliore la stabilité du foret.

CONT

Comme pour tous les forets extra courts, la longueur de goujure plus courte permet de réaliser des trous en tolérances plus précises qu'avec des outils plus longs. [...] Ce foret est disponible du diamètre 3 à 12 mm. Il est recommandé pour travailler dans la plupart des matières à usiner.

OBS

foret : Outil cylindrique, portant un ou plusieurs tranchants à une extrémité, servant à percer des trous dans du métal, du bois, de la pierre, ou tout autre matériau.

Spanish

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Record 17 2005-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

Drill lengths can be divided into jobber, stub, long series and extra length. Jobber length drills produce hole depths of up to 4 x diameter, whilst stub drills have a shorter flute length and produce hole depths of up to 2. 5 x diameter, which makes for good drill stability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)
CONT

Les longueurs des forets se déclinent en série courte, extra-courte, longue et extra-longue. Les forets série courte permettent de percer jusqu'à 4 x le diamètre, tandis que les extra-courts qui ont une longueur taillée moins importante permettent de percer jusqu'à 2,5 x le diamètre, ce qui améliore la stabilité du foret.

CONT

Forets en série courte traités bronze pour perçage de matières à haute résistance ou abrasives.

OBS

foret : Outil cylindrique, portant un ou plusieurs tranchants à une extrémité, servant à percer des trous dans du métal, du bois, de la pierre, ou tout autre matériau.

Spanish

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Record 18 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Geothermal Energy
CONT

In an open ended pipe, grout enters the soil solely through the pipe tip initially set at the borehole bottom. Each subsequent injection takes place above the previous after pulling the pipe a short distance up along the grout hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Énergie géothermique
CONT

On peut recueillir une certaine quantité de renseignements qualitatifs bruts en observant un puits dégageant dans l'atmosphère à travers un tube à extrémité libre.

Spanish

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Record 19 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

External Tank’s bipod fittings are covered by foam ramps in the configuration flown on the space Shuttle Columbia.

OBS

The bipod fitting that helps attach the External Tank to the orbiter has been redesigned. The old design... used a foam ramp to prevent ice from building up on the fitting. Falling foam opened a hole in one of Columbia's wings, leading to the orbiter's breakup on entry. The new design... uses heaters instead of foam, to prevent ice buildup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Dans un communiqué [...] la NASA annonçait que le nouveau design des attaches du bipied situées sur le réservoir externe était approuvé. Ce bipied retient le nez de l'orbiteur rattaché au réservoir externe. [...] la mousse isolante a été remplacée par des éléments chauffants qui préviendront l'accumulation de glace sur ces attaches.

OBS

Selon l'ancienne conception, les deux attaches du bipied qui sont les points d'attache des jambes de 135 centimètres (cm) de longueur, étaient recouvertes de pièces de mousse isolante en forme de coin appelées rampes d'attache du bipied. [...] Selon la nouvelle conception, les rampes du bipied ont été éliminées. Les attaches du bipied restent maintenant découvertes et des éléments chauffants ont été installés dessous afin de prévenir l'accumulation de glace.

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

Casing that is installed in a well to facilitate well control during drilling of the hole for the surface casing.

CONT

Conductor casing is installed first, usually prior to the arrival of the drilling rig. The hole for conductor casing is often drilled with a small auger drill, mounted on the back of a truck. Conductor casing, which is usually no more than 20 to 50 feet long, is installed to prevent the top of the well from caving in and to help in the process of circulating the drilling fluid up from the bottom of the well. Onshore, this casing is usually 16 to 20 inches in diameter while offshore casing usually measures 30 to 42 inches. The conductor casing is cemented into place before drilling begins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Tubage mis en place dans un puits pour faciliter le contrôle du puits pendant le forage du trou où sera introduit le tubage de surface.

CONT

Lorsque des opérations de forage et des travaux connexes sont effectués au-dessous du tubage initial du puits, un déflecteur ou un système d'obturateurs anti-éruption doit être installé sur la tête du puits.

Spanish

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Record 21 2002-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A device made up on the bottom of the drill stem to cut a core into the bottom of the hole on which junk rests.

OBS

As the core is cut, the junk enters a barrel in the tool and is retained therein by metal projections (catchers). The junk comes out of the hole along with the core when the basket is brought back to the surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Outil de repêchage destiné à ramasser des fragments métalliques au fond d'un trou de forage.

CONT

carottier de repêchage Bowen : Carottier double avec tube intérieur, anneau porte-linguets et couronne dentée. L'appareil fonctionne sur le principe de la circulation inverse.

Spanish

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Record 22 2001-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemical Prospecting
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Scientific Instruments
CONT

A recently developed instrument known as an "emanometer, "or "radon sniffer, "has been used to measure the radon content of water, oils and soils. Since radon is a noble gas, it does not form chemical compounds. It moves freely through pore spaces, joints and faults for distances up to several hundred feet. It will also dissolve in ground water and so move about in the subsurface. Air samples are obtained from the soil by drilling a short hole(2-3 ft) and pumping air from the hole through filters and a dryer into an ionization chamber or thin ZnS scintillator. Water samples are degassed and the air-gas mixture goes to the detecting chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prospection géochimique
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

Tube renfermant un absorbant utilisé en prospection géochimique pour capter les émanations de radon dans l'eau ou le sol.

CONT

L'émanomètre de radon est un instrument portatif constitué de deux parties: 1) un appareillage qui concentre le [radon] [...] 2) un scintillomètre. On échantillonne des eaux de surface ou souterraines dans un récipient en verre ou on pompe «in situ» un échantillon d'air issu des pores dans les sols.

Spanish

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Record 23 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
  • Pipes and Fittings
DEF

A threaded nipple with a rounded, closed end, used to stop up a hole or close off the end of a line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
DEF

[Bouchon] servant à obstruer les tubes et les canalisations.

Spanish

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Record 24 2001-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A rubber-bodied, plastic- or aluminum-cored device that is used to separate cement and drilling fluid as they are being pumped down the inside of the casing during cementing operations.

CONT

A cementing plug is... inserted, followed by drilling fluid, which forces the cement to the bottom of the hole and up into the space between casing and wall... until it reaches the surface along with any remaining mud.

OBS

Wiper plugs also remove drilling mud that adheres to the inside of the casing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Pièce d'étanchéité mobile, que l'on utilise au cours d'une cimentation pour isoler le lait de ciment de la boue de forage.

Spanish

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Record 25 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Fasteners
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

... the nailing of wooden shingles and slates are entirely different. The heads of slating nails should just touch the slate and should not be driven "home" or draw the slate, but left with the heads just clearing the slate hangs on the nail. The opposite is true of wooden shingles and a man used to laying this material will invariably handle slate in the same way. As a consequence the slate, held too rigidly in place, is shattered around the nail hole, or the head of the nail crushed and eventually the slate may "ride" up over the nail and be blown off in a heavy wind... The temptation to use shingle nails instead of slating nails should be discouraged, for the slight saving in cost on the entire roof cannot approach the cost of repairs which may develop as a result of this practice.

OBS

Not to be confused with shingle nail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clouterie et visserie
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
CONT

Clous pour ardoises : Pointes à tête extra large. Pointes à tête large. Longueur : 27mm à 80mm. Diamètre : 2,7mm à 3,5mm.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «clou à bardeau».

Key term(s)
  • clou à ardoises
  • clou pour ardoise

Spanish

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Record 26 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
CONT

Long-hole blasting. This method of blasting, employing diamond drills or extension steel drills with tungsten carbide bits, is being applied increasingly to ore winning operations where conditions are suitable. The essential requirements from the practical and economic point of view are :(1) a large ore body or wide regular vein;(2) a strong country rock;(3) a good parting between the ore and the rock to avoid undue contamination of the ore. Holes to take up to 2-inch diameter cartridges may be drilled. Since the drilling of long holes is relatively expensive, high-strength, high-density gelatinous explosives are usually employed so that the maximum burden can be placed on each hole. For this reason also, the largest diameter of explosive cartridge that can be loaded into the holes should be used to obtain the greatest possible loading density.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

L'abattage par longs trous et, en particulier, avec des charges concentrées [...] permet l'utilisation de gros diamètres de foration et de toute la technique des exploitations à ciel ouvert.

OBS

Selon le Dictionnaire des industries, il y aurait deux méthodes d'abattage par longs trous, l'abattage par longs trous horizontaux et l'abattage par longs trous verticaux.

Key term(s)
  • abattage par trous de mine profonds

Spanish

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Record 27 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

That part of the mud, cuttings, etc., that circulates up the hole to the surface.

OBS

returns: term rarely used in the singular (return).

Key term(s)
  • return

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 28 2000-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
CONT

Microtunneling is defined in the U.S. as a remotely controlled, laser-guided pipe-jacking process that does not require personnel entry for the excavation and mucking process... the most common applications of microtunneling methods typically involve "no-man entry", or small diameter tunnels, hence the name.

CONT

Microtunnelling systems, pipejacking up to 3. 8 meters diameter with modular remote control power packs can be supplied. Machines are available for house connections, pilot pipe methods, blind hole drilling, non man entry sewer connections and flexible pipe laying.

CONT

Trenchless techniques damage repair in non-man-entry sewers.

Key term(s)
  • no man entry
  • no-man-entry
  • non-man entry
  • non-accessible
  • non accessible

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
DEF

[Se dit d'un] Ouvrage dont l'accès et les dimensions internes ne permettent pas le passage d'un ouvrier.

OBS

Les réseaux d'assainissement représentent en France, un linéaire de 150 000 km, constituant un patrimoine évalué à 45 milliards d'euros. L'objectif de ce travail est la mise au point d'une stratégie pour l'étude du vieillissement et l'optimisation de la maintenance d'un réseau d'assainissement non-visitable.

Spanish

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Record 29 2000-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A section of a borehole where excessive wall cake has built up, reducing the hole diameter and making it difficult to run the tools in and out.

OBS

A tight spot could also be a key seat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 30 2000-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To move the drill stem up and down in the hole over a short distance without rotation.

OBS

Careless execution of this operation creates pressure surges that can cause a formation to break down, which results in lost circulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
OBS

Voir «forage par battage».

Spanish

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Record 31 2000-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

Microtunnelling systems, pipejacking up to 3. 8 meters diameter with modular remote control power packs can be supplied. Machines are available for house connections, pilot pipe methods, blind hole drilling, non man entry sewer connections and flexible pipe laying.

CONT

Trenchless techniques damage repair in non-man-entry sewers.

Key term(s)
  • no-man entry sewer
  • non-man entry sewer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
OBS

Les réseaux d'assainissement représentent en France, un linéaire de 150 000 km, constituant un patrimoine évalué à 45 milliards d'euros. L'objectif de ce travail est la mise au point d'une stratégie pour l'étude du vieillissement et l'optimisation de la maintenance d'un réseau d'assainissement non-visitable.

Key term(s)
  • égout non visitable

Spanish

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Record 32 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

Highspeed, Highpressure Sewer and Pipe Cleaning. The vehicle is positioned at the manhole with hose reel above opening. A special high-pressure hose, fitted with a hardened steel jet nozzle, is introduced into the sewer. Water pressure up to 2000 lbs. psi drives the hose up the sewer against the flow. A center hole in the nozzle breaks up accumulation in front of the hose to allow for easy passage. When the hose is withdrawn, the water jets flush the sewer clean. Light materials are flushed down the line and heavy materials are deposited in the manhole for easy removal with the sanitary Hydro-Vac. A final jetting of the interior of the manhole with the high-pressure gun completes the cleaning operation.

Key term(s)
  • cleaning of the sewer system
  • cleaning of the sewage system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

Le curage des égouts élémentaires est réalisé avec une «mitrailleuse», barrage mobile en bois. Le curage des collecteurs nécessite des engins plus puissants [...]

Key term(s)
  • curage des canalisations d'égoût
  • curage

Spanish

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Record 33 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A short, threaded device made up on the bottom of drill pipe or tubing and used to screw into the box of a stand of drill pipe or drill collars lost in the hole. Once the pin tap is engaged, the lost pipe is retrieved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Taraud spécial qui s'agrippe dans le filetage femelle d'un joint de tige.

Spanish

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Record 34 2000-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
CONT

Mills are run on drill pipe or tubing and are used for such purposes as grinding up debris in the hole, removing stuck portions of drill stem, removing sections of casing for sidetracking, and reaming out tight spots in casing. They are variously termed junk mills, reaming mills, etc., according to the use for which they were designed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 35 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
DEF

A large valve, usually installed above the ram preventers, which forms a seal in the annular space between the pipe and wellbore or, if no pipe is present, on the wellbore itself.

CONT

An annular BOP will seal an irregular hole effectively, whether or not the drill string is in the casing, and furthermore the rubber is sufficiently pliable to enable the string to be moved up or down without fluid escaping.

OBS

... often called a Hydril after one of the manufacturers of such units.

OBS

Often any brand of annular preventer is called a Hydril, even though Cameron, Rucker-Shaffer, and others manufacture such units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
DEF

Obturateur antiéruption annulaire fermant sur tous les diamètres.

CONT

L'obturateur annulaire (annular BOP) est l'obturateur le plus largement utilisé dans l'industrie des forages pétroliers.

OBS

Hydril : Dénomination d'un obturateur annulaire qui porte le nom de la compagnie qui le fabrique.

Spanish

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Record 36 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To place a tennis ball in such a position on the opposing court, as to force an opponent to stretch out in order just to make contact with the ball.

OBS

"To spread somebody", "to pull/stretch somebody out wide", "to pull somebody out of position" are all closely related expressions to render the ubiquitous French term "déborder". Other quasi-synonyms : in trouble,(to be) pulled off the court,(to be) out of control, threatened(=under threat), forcing shot, ball out of reach, to move sb. around(=move sb. left and right, to run one's opponent(from) corner to corner), to run sb. around the court, to break sb. 's defenses, to be on the defensive position, to keep sb. on the defensive, to run sb. ragged, to move sb. laterally, to move sb. up and back, to keep somebody off-balance, to be off balanced, to have sb. on the ropes/strings, to have sb. on the defensive, to keep sb. off balance, to have sb. run all over the court=to run sb. all over the court=to get/have sb. on the run, to be on the run, to be out of position, to get sb. off the court, to be pressed, to be under pressure, to swing sb. out wide, not to be able to recover from a shot, to dig oneself out of trouble/a big hole,(be) stretch(ed) out(wide), be stretching for the ball, ball out of reach.

CONT

If the serve has driven your opponent wide to one side, do not hesitate to use the resulting space for your first volley.

CONT

If you are forced wide, with your opponent moving to cover a sideline return, a cross court response can put you back in the rally.

CONT

The shot landing near the sideline and between the service line and baseline takes your opponent out wide for his return, opening up the court for your next shot.

CONT

The slice delivery swerves sharply through the air before and after the bounce, staying low as it takes your opponent out of court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Annihiler les défenses et déjouer la position de l'adversaire sur le court en plaçant la balle hors de sa portée à l'aide de différents coups.

OBS

«Faire sortir du court» est une locution légèrement plus précise que «déborder» : on peut faire courir de gauche à droite quelqu'un à la recherche de la balle sans nécessairement le faire sortir du court. Phraséologie connexe : entraîner l'adversaire à l'extérieur du court, contraindre quelqu'un à un déplacement, coup d'attaque, coup de débordement/dépassement (=le passing-shot), mettre quelqu'un sous pression, mettre en difficulté, contre-attaquer, être (complètement) sorti du terrain.Une des expressions hyperboliques et favorites des joueurs de tennis, surtout en Europe, est «Je l'ai laissé à dix mètres», c'est-à-dire laisser la balle hors de son atteinte.

CONT

Le coéquipier suit l'autre, déporté à droite [ou] déporté à gauche.

CONT

[...] la balle ne viendra pas toujours à vous. Le plus souvent l'adversaire la placera hors de votre portée immédiate, loin, sur votre gauche, c'est naturel : c'est le jeu.

CONT

C'est l'adversaire qui vous a déporté dans un coin du court.

CONT

En servant croisé, la balle rebondira vers l'extérieur du court, ce qui déportera naturellement le relanceur dans le couloir.

Key term(s)
  • sortir du court
  • sortir du terrain

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

Fraseología relacionada: golpe que obliga, poner en dificultad, descolocación (del adversario), amenazado, presionar a alguien, momentos de apuro, desbordamiento (lateral del adversario), dejar un agujero por donde pueda colocar la pelota el adversario, perder su posición, defenderse, tener tiempo de colocarse (=gain time, gain one's composure), obligar a alguien a salir de la pista, desplazar (=move), hacer correr al adversario, mover al contrario de un lado a otro, obligar al adversario a salir de la pista, poner en dificultad. Antónimo: estar en buena posición.

CONT

El servicio cortado sirve para la segunda pelota. Los zurdos lo utilizan muchísimo, ya que desbordan a los diestros sobre el revés.

CONT

La pelota gira sobre sí misma antes y después del bote, sacando al adversario de la pista sin apenas elevarse.

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Record 37 1999-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Darning cotton. It is made of two, three or more two-ply cotton threads twisted together. Finer yarn of this type is called mending yarn.

OBS

Darning. The action or process of filling up a hole in a fabric with thread or yarn in interwoven stitches; the result of such mending.

OBS

The term darning thread normally includes both darning and mending cotton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Les fils : ameublement, confection DMC, coutures fines, ourlets, cordonnets de soie, fils à gants, coton à repriser, laines à repriser [...].

Spanish

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Record 38 1998-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Intermittent flowing of oil wells, usually called heading or flowing by heads. Many wells accumulate oil or water in the hole until gas has been confined long enough to build up a sufficient pressure to flow the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

[Exploitation par laquelle] on laisse l'eau ou l'huile s'accumuler jusqu'au moment où le gaz a atteint une pression suffisante pour faire jaillir le liquide; [...]

Spanish

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Record 39 1997-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

A term used in reference to a method of producing metal tubes(usually in iron or steel or certain non-ferrous metals) from a hot billet. The billet is guided between a pair of rolls that are bevelled and inclined at a small angle to one another. This ensures that the billet is gripped and spun at high speed as it is forced over a tapered plug. This latter opens up the hole in the billet. The rough pierced blank is plug rolled to improve the shape of the tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux

Spanish

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Record 40 1992-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A borehole collared in an underground working place and drilled in a direction pointed above the horizontal plane of the drill-machine swivel head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Sondages verticaux à grand diamètre en plusieurs passes successives : [...] foration montante [...] [et] foration descendante.

Spanish

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Record 41 1988-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
CONT

Stack Temperature. The temperature of exiting flue gas is a measure of the furnace's ability to utilize heat and not waste it up the chimney. The probe of a thermometer is inserted through the hole in the flue pipe after at least 10 minutes of steady furnace operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
CONT

La température des gaz d'échappement. La température des gaz d'échappement indique la capacité de l'appareil de chauffage à utiliser la chaleur produite par la combustion et à ne pas la laisser s'échapper par la cheminée. La sonde d'un thermomètre est insérée dans le trou du conduit d'échappement au moins 10 minutes après que l'appareil de chauffage s'est mis à fonctionner en régime permanent.

Spanish

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Record 42 1987-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Special Packaging
OBS

A "vapor top" is a hole in the side of the body of the valve which allows a small amount of propellant to escape into the valve and mix with the product as it is dispensed. This helps to break up the spray into a fine mist.

Key term(s)
  • bleeder orifice valve
  • vapor phase top valve
  • vapor phase hole valve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Emballages spéciaux
OBS

Le corps de la valve, très généralement en matière plastique (...), d'une excellente résistance mécanique et d'une bonne inertie chimique, comporte parfois une prise de gaz additionnelle qui augmente l'effet de dispersion ou qui, pour les aérosols fonctionnant tête en bas, permet une vidange plus complète.

OBS

Prise de phase vapeur.

Spanish

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Record 43 1980-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Resin Anchored Bolts.(...) It has been found that the use of resins will increase significantly the holding ability of expansion anchors. Two types of resin packages are available. In one type, the resin and catalyst are at opposite ends of a plastic envelope separated by a clip. The clip is removed and the package kneaded to mix the components. Then the package is thrust up the hole and a bolt with a mechanical anchor is inserted; in tightening the package will burst and the resin will ooze around the anchor. The other type is a glass capsule where resin and quartz granulars are contained in an outer glass capsule and the catalyst is in an inner tube.(...) Bolt ends need no threading for this anchorage.

Key term(s)
  • resin anchored roof bolt
  • resin anchored rock bolt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

De plus en plus, au lieu du boulon ancré au fond du trou, on utilise les "boulons à la résine", dont la tige est soudée au terrain sur toute sa longueur par une résine synthétique. Une cartouche en matière plastique renfermant, séparés, la résine sirupeuse et le réactif de polymérisation est introduite dans le trou, puis on y enfile la tige du boulon, qui déchire les enveloppes; la résine se répand dans le trou, mêlée au réactif, et, en quelques secondes, elle fait prise; l'écrou vissé à l'extrémité de la tige et la plaque d'appui deviennent inutiles, sauf s'il faut maintenir un grillage.

Spanish

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Record 44 1980-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Correction and Proofreading (Printing)
  • Silk-Screen Printing
OBS

Mortise(mortice)(...) to cut a hole in two layers of material and replace the undesired cutout piece with the desired cutout piece. The piece to be replaced may consist of one character, a line, a solid block of text, or a complete illustration.(...) A sharp knife is used to cut out both layers of paper.(...) The [desired cutout piece] is picked up with the point of the knife and placed in the cutout space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Correction d'épreuves (Imprimerie)
  • Sérigraphie
DEF

Petit couteau à lame aiguisée en rasoir, souvent cassable, dont on se sert surtout pour les découpes, notamment en sérigraphie.

OBS

Découpe: Action de découper une figure dans un support pour s'en servir comme pochoir ou cache, et résultat de cette action, l'élément découpé étant lui-même une découpe.

Spanish

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Record 45 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
OBS

(GF)

Spanish

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