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BUTTERFLY VALVE [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A straight-through shut-off valve used to control the flow of fluids, whose two disks are hinged on a common shaft to permit flow only in one direction.

CONT

Butterfly valves are among the family of quarter-turn valves and work very similar to ball valves. The "butterfly" is a disk connected to a rod. It closes when the rod rotates the disc by a quarter turn to a position perpendicular to the flow direction ... When the valve opens, the disk is rotated back to allow the flow.

CONT

Butterfly valves are tight closing, and they usually have a rubber or a rubber-composition seat that is bonded to the valve body.

CONT

The butterfly valve has a baffle that pivots in the waterway to interrupt or permit the flow of water through the valve.

OBS

butterfly valve: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

butterfly valve; butterfly-type valve: designations officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Flight Operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
DEF

Robinet dont le corps est un cylindre dans lequel se déplace angulairement autour d'un axe un obturateur, dit papillon.

CONT

Les vannes à papillon sont très étanches à la fermeture et sont habituellement dotées d'un siège en caoutchouc ou en matériau composite fixe à l'intérieur du corps.

CONT

La vanne à papillon comporte un obturateur qui pivote dans le passage d'eau pour interrompre ou permettre l'écoulement d'eau.

OBS

robinet à papillon : désignation uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

OBS

vanne à papillon : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes; vanne à papillon; vanne papillon : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Grifos y accesorios de fontanería
  • Equipo y herramientas (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Sistemas de transmisión mecánica
  • Obturadores y boquillas (Componentes mecánicos)
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Record 2 1987-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
  • Machinery
OBS

butterfly valve: Term officially approved by the Postal Mechanization Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Timbres et oblitération
  • Machines
OBS

volet de débit: Terme uniformisé par le comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie de la mécanisation postale.

Spanish

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