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Record 1 2017-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

A connecting device between a prime mover and the machine to be actuated by it.

CONT

The elements that pump the fluid in the torque converter automatically increase the output torque of the engine to whose output shaft the torque is applied, with an increase of load on the output shaft.

OBS

torque converter: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Appareil permettant de faire varier automatiquement et de façon continue, entre des limites déterminées, la démultiplication de l'effort et du couple d'un moteur transmis à un organe d'utilisation.

CONT

Dans sa forme la plus simple, le convertisseur de couple comprend trois éléments, un impulseur ou pompe ou élément moteur, une turbine ou élément récepteur et un troisième élément fixe interposé entre les deux premiers et portant un aubage formant guide [...]

OBS

convertisseur de couple; convertisseur hydrocinétique : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de transmisión mecánica
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Record 2 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Couplings (Mechanical Components)
  • Mechanical Components
CONT

In a hydraulic torque converter, efficiency depends intimately on the angles at which the fluid enters and leaves the blades of the several parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accouplements (Composants mécaniques)
  • Composants mécaniques
CONT

Le convertisseur hydraulique de couple (...) est une transmission hydraulique qui permet d'adapter automatiquement et continûment la vitesse de l'arbre récepteur à la résistance qu'il rencontre à son déplacement.

Key term(s)
  • convertisseur de couple hydraulique
  • convertisseur hydrocinétique de couple

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acoplamientos (Componentes mecánicos)
  • Componentes mecánicos
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