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ON-OFF VALVE [3 records]

Record 1 2021-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
OBS

Turn the on/off valve in an anticlockwise direction to turn the cylinder on.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

De forme cylindrique, la partie supérieure d'une bouteille [d'oxygène] est munie [d'un] robinet d'ouverture [et d'un] système de fixation du manodétendeur débitmètre qui va permettre l'utilisation discontinue du gaz comprimé.

OBS

robinet : désignation uniformisée par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

a valve which is either fully open or fully closed, with no positions in between.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

L'admission d'un fluide dans une canalisation où l'arrêt de sa circulation sont assurés par des vannes. Les vannes «tout ou rien» à deux voies ouvrent ou ferment totalement un circuit.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance

Spanish

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