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FORMAGE [9 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A process in which the shape of plastic pieces such as sheets, rods, or tubes is changed to a desired configuration.

OBS

forming: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Procédé par lequel la forme des pièces plastiques (feuilles, joncs ou tubes, par exemple) est modifiée pour obtenir la forme désirée.

OBS

formage : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Proceso en el que se cambia la forma de piezas plásticas como láminas, varillas o tubos, para obtener una configuración deseada.

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Record 2 2004-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Food Industries
CONT

Shaping or forming is a result of the configuration of the orifice through which the material is extruded and the relative speeds of the cutoff knife and the dough strand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Opération réalisée en cuisson-extrusion au niveau de la filière consistant à donner une forme physique et une texture au produit extrudé.

OBS

L'opération de mise en forme est particulièrement mise à profit dans la création de matrices amylacées alvéolées (snacks, pains plats, céréales pour petit déjeuner) et de structures protéiques fibreuses (surimi, analogues de viande).

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

The process of molding the shape of felt items such as hats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chapellerie
DEF

Action de donner une forme déterminée à une matière, à un objet.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Knitted and Stretch Fabrics
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
DEF

A final finishing process for hosiery in which damps hosiery items are smoothed and shaped by drying on heated form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tricot et tissus extensibles
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
Key term(s)
  • bordage

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Forming
DEF

Any manufacturing process by which parts of components are fabricated by shaping or molding a piece of metal stock.

PHR

Flexible die forming

French

Domaine(s)
  • Formage des métaux
DEF

Ensemble des procédés de mise en forme par déformation plastique des matériaux pouvant s'effectuer à chaud, c'est-à-dire au-dessus de la température de recristallisation (par exemple : forgeage, filage) ou à froid (par exemple : emboutissage, étirage, tréfilage).

DEF

Opération de mise en forme d'une tôle ou d'une plaque métallique. (Les procédés de formage les plus courants sont l'emboutissage, le pliage et le cintrage, le repoussage et le fluotournage.)

PHR

Formage avec matrice expansible

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-09-18

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 1989-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Powder Metallurgy
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
DEF

Any operation by which a powder is transformed into an object of prescribed shape and dimensions.

OBS

Four techniques are normally used for shaping the ceramic ...: slip casting ... uniaxial pressing; isostatic pressing; and injection molding.

CONT

pressure sintered silicon nitride ... is produced from silicon nitride powder. The powder is shaped to the green body by any of the forming techniques.

OBS

Forming : standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie des poudres
  • Techniques de la céramique
DEF

(...) toute opération transformant une poudre en un objet de formes et de dimensions déterminées.

CONT

L'opération de mise en forme d'une poudre ou d'un mélange de poudres a pour but de produire un objet de forme et de dimensions déterminées, appelé généralement comprimé (...)

CONT

Modes de façonnage. Le façonnage en pâte plastique fut le premier utilisé, et il englobe plusieurs méthodes de mise en forme. Le modelage (...) le moulage (...) le filage (...) le tournage (...) le calibrage (...) le pressage (...) le tournassage (...) le façonnage en barbotine ou coulage (...) le pressage en poudre qui (...) constitue le principal mode d'obtention (...) de nombreux produits réfractaires (...).

OBS

Formage : normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8 1987-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Precision Grinding
CONT

When complex profiles are being ground on long production runs, the wheel may often be crush formed. A tool steel or carbide roll, having the desired form or contour of the finished workpiece, is forced into the slowly revolving grinding wheel.... The wheel is then used to grind the form or contour on the workpiece.... Some surface grinders are not designed for crush form dressing of the wheel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rectification (Usinage)

Spanish

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Record 9 1983-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Footwear and Shoe Repair
OBS

The cutting area receives the leather, polyurethane, nylon, fleece lining, etc., which are then cut to size to achieve a maximum yield. The components are then transferred to a pre-fit area for skiving, stamping, cramping and marking.

OBS

Cramp: a piece of wood used in the manufacture of shoes and having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaussures et cordonnerie

Spanish

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