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Record 1 2015-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Construction
DEF

A large fan-door assembly that can be installed in an exterior door to pressurize or depressurize a house or a building to determine airtightness characteristics.

OBS

A blower door can be used to depressurize houses so that air leakage points can be identified with air leakage detection devices such as smoke pencils or thermographic cameras/video recorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Construction
DEF

Appareillage comportant un gros ventilateur installé dans l’embrasure d’une porte extérieure pour dépressuriser une maison ou un bâtiment afin d’en déterminer les caractéristiques d’étanchéité à l’air.

OBS

Peut également servir à dépressuriser une maison afin de repérer les endroits où il y a infiltration d’air au moyen de dispositifs de détection tels que les poires à fumée et les caméras ou enregistreurs vidéo thermographiques.

Spanish

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