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COURONNE DIAMANTEE [4 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2025-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)
Key term(s)
  • diamond drill operator
  • diamond drill runner - under ground mining
  • diamond point drill operator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Construction of Boreholes (Mining)
DEF

[A person who] sets up and operates a diamond drill that is used to obtain solid cores of strata drilled through so that the character of the ground, the wealth of ore, or strength of material for foundations may be determined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Aménagement du trou de sondage (Mines)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Disposición de los pozos de sondeo (Minas)
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Record 3 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A rotary-drilling bit studded with diamonds (usually borts).

CONT

In harder rocks, diamond bits are essential. There are several types of diamond set coring crowns, as they are often called ...

OBS

[The diamond bit] is used for drilling extremely hard rock or in a program of continuous coring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Dans les couronnes à diamants (diamants noirs impropres à la joaillerie) les pierres sont «serties» à la main, sur le pourtour de la couronne du carottier, dans des logements ou alvéoles proportionnés à leurs dimensions, tout au moins pour les gros éléments. Pour les petites pierres on se contente d'un alliage métallique, brasé sur le pourtour de la couronne, et dans lequel sont disposés les diamants [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
DEF

Trépano de sonda de forma anular, que corta la roca con una o varias hileras [...] de diamantes engastados en el metal.

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Record 4 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

A drilling machine with a rotating, hollow, diamond studded bit that cuts a circular channel around a core, which can be recovered to provide a more or less continuous and complete columnar sample of the rock penetrated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Machine utilisée pour pratiquer un trou cylindrique dans le roc.

OBS

Une couronne au diamant à l'extrémité inférieure du train de tiges découpe la roche. Cette roche pénètre dans le carottier et est ainsi amenée à la surface pour être analysée.

Spanish

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