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SPALLS [6 records]

Record 1 2019-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
CONT

A speed restriction may be placed and additional inspection frequency specified if rail is worn beyond the limits and is to be left in the track. The condition of rail(for example, shells, spalls, corrugation) must also be taken into consideration if the rail is left in the track.

OBS

spall: term officially approved by the Rail Terminology Approval Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Voies ferrées
OBS

Petit morceau de métal résultant de «l'écaillage» (défaut de rail).

OBS

écaille : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie ferroviaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Railroad Maintenance
  • Tracks and Roadways (Rail Transport)
CONT

A speed restriction may be placed and additional inspection frequency specified if rail is worn beyond the limits and is to be left in the track. The condition of rail(for example, shells, spalls, corrugation) must also be taken into consideration if the rail is left in the track.

OBS

Metal residue that is the result of "shelling" (rail defect).

OBS

shell: term officially approved by the Rail Terminology Approval Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
  • Voies ferrées
OBS

Résidu de métal résultant du «défibrage» (défaut de rail).

OBS

fibre : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie ferroviaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Economic Geology
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
DEF

Ore from which as much barren rock as practicable has been broken off with hand hammers.

OBS

Ragging and cobbing are, respectively, coarser and finer breaking than spalling, but the terms are often used interchangeably. Pieces of ore thus broken are called spalls. Also spelled spawl.

Key term(s)
  • spall
  • spawl

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Géologie économique
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction Materials
  • Quarries
CONT

Pitching... : large stones 7 to 18 in. deep placed on edge and wedged by small stones called spalls(or rolled) to form a road foundation or a revetment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Carrières
CONT

Le hérisson, vieux type de fondation [...] est constitué par un lit de pierres mises debout, les unes à côté des autres et coincées en cylindrant à refus des éclats de pierre entre les éléments du hérisson.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

[A group of] large stones 7 to 18 in. deep placed on edge and wedged by small stones called spalls(or rolled) to form a road foundation or a revetment to protect an earth slope from scour.

OBS

stone pitching: term proposed by the World Road Association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Couche de fondation constituée de grosses pierres concassées disposées à la main et stabilisées par pose entre elles d'éclats de pierre [...]

OBS

[...] le mot «hérisson» désigne la couche mise en place à la main; le mot «blocage» désigne la couche des mêmes matériaux, mis en place très sommairement à l'aide d'une machine niveleuse.

OBS

hérisson : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-06-20

English

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

Prior to insertion of the liner pipe, the existing culvert must be cleaned of all debris either by flushing or manual removal. Any rust or spalls must be cleaned and removed as well as protrusions into the pipe. A jacking pit must be constructed with adequate size to contain lengths of pipe to be inserted, grouting equipment and any other equipment necessary to perform the insertion. The liner is normally pushed into the existing culvert, but occasionally it is pulled, or a combination of pulling and pushing is used. Due to the often large pressure load needed to push the last sections of a long or heavy liner into place, pulling may be the preferred method as long as adequate provisions have been made to avoid joint separation.

French

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

Procédé par lequel la gaine est tirée ou poussée dans la conduite à réhabiliter.

OBS

gaine : Conduite à forte capacité structurale, destinée à protéger une conduite de plus petit diamètre passant à l'intérieur. La gaine peut aussi être composée d'une membrane souple enduite de résine ou d'un tube flexible, insérée ou inversée d'un regard à l'autre dans la conduite à réhabiliter qui assurera l'aspect étanchéité et structural de celle-ci une fois le processus de cuisson complété.

Spanish

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