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Record 1 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A vacuum system to remove diamond and metal dust generated during processing.

OBS

To avoid air pollution with diamond dust, which is easily imaginable in a workshop with some 20 to 30 mills in operation, several suction systems were designed to purify the air.

OBS

Diamond Powder Recovery: A tray with sieve is situated conveniently beneath the chuck to catch the diamond chips caused by bruting. As this tray does not collect all the chips, especially the finer dust, a vacuum cleaner is used to suck it up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Système d'aspiration servant à collecter la poussière de diamant ou la poussière métallique, lors du débrutage et de la taille.

OBS

La plupart des machines [à débruter] sont équipées d'un aspirateur qui récupère la poudre de diamant grâce à une hélice tributaire de l'axe du moteur qui, en créant le vide dans un pot en verre d'où part un tube aboutissant près de la pierre à débruter, aspire l'air chargé des poussières de diamant.

OBS

En raison de la pollution de l'air chargé de poussière de diamant, pollution facile à imaginer dans un atelier où tournent vingt ou trente moulins, différents systèmes d'aspiration ont été conçus afin de purifier l'atmosphère de cette poussière [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Corporate Security
DEF

Equipment for removing radioactive impurities from the air in the controlled area of nuclear plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
DEF

Dispositif qui, dans un réacteur, élimine les impuretés radioactives de l'air de la zone contrôlée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centrales nucleares
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Seguridad general de la empresa
DEF

Equipo empleado para extraer impurezas radiactivas del aire en la zona controlada de instalaciones nucleares.

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Record 3 1986-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Air Pollution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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