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CYLINDER END [3 records]

Record 1 1992-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

... a cylinder with a single piston and a piston rod extending from each end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Vérin avec tige de piston traversant les deux fonds.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
OBS

[The single rod end cylinders] usually have a piston connected to a piston rod of smaller diameter. The area of the cap end of the cylinder piston is always larger than the annular area at the head end. ... single rod end cylinders exert greater forces when extending than retracting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
CONT

[...] le vérin à simple tige est caractérisé par [...] sa dissymétrie [,] qui entraîne, en raison de la différence des surfaces créée par la présence d'une seule tige, d'une part des différences de poussée entre la sortie et la rétraction, et [,] d'autre part, en raison des différences de volume créées par la présence de la tige dans l'une des chambres, des différences de vitesse entre la sortie et la rétraction.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

safetying of locknut (at cylinder end)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

freinage du contre-écrou (côté vérin)

OBS

hypersustentateurs

Spanish

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