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ARBRE CAMES [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Shipbuilding
  • Armour
DEF

The shaft in the engine with cam lobes used mainly for operating the valves.

CONT

In an engine, cams are mounted on a camshaft and serve to open the engine valves.

OBS

[The camshaft] is driven by gears, or by sprockets and a toothed belt or chain from the crankshaft.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • cam shaft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Constructions navales
  • Arme blindée
DEF

Corps cylindrique muni de saillies ou cames.

OBS

[L'arbre à cames] est actionné par le vilebrequin et sert à la commande des soupapes ainsi que d'autres organes électriques en même temps. La pompe à huile, la pompe à essence et l'allumeur sont généralement commandés par l'arbre à cames.

OBS

arbre à cames : terminologie uniformisée par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Construcción naval
  • Fuerzas blindadas
CONT

Ciertas levas, de forma generalmente aovada, sirven simplemente para abrir y cerrar sincrónicamente las válvulas. Así, en los motores de explosion existe un árbol de levas que lleva tantas levas como cilindros cuenta el motor: cada una de éstas tiene como objeto accionar una válvula, por intermedio de una varilla y de un balancín, en el momento preciso dentro del ciclo de cada cilindro.

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Record 2 1995-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • History of Technology
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire des techniques
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
OBS

d'un dévidoir.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

Shaft carrying cam disks, with a speed in a given ratio to that of the weaving machine in accordance with the pick repeat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Arbre pour les cames avec une vitesse en rapport donné avec la vitesse de la machine à tisser, en accord avec le rapport des duites.

Spanish

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