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LUBRIFICATION BARBOTAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
  • Lubrication Technology
OBS

Splash-feed oil system. A type of engine lubricating system in which oil is splashed onto moving engine parts.

OBS

splash lubrication: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
  • Tribologie
DEF

Procédé de graissage d'une pièce mobile par projection d'huile, comme dans les barbotins des engins à chenilles.

CONT

[...] le graissage par barbotage, simple ou à niveau entretenu, caractérisé par le fait que tous les organes du moteur sont graissés par des projections d'huile [...]

OBS

graissage par barbotage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Productos negros (Petróleo)
  • Técnica de lubricación
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Record 2 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lubrication Technology
DEF

A system of pick-up lubrication in which a rapidly moving part dipping into the oil flings the oil on to other parts which are not themselves immersed.

OBS

Pick-up lubrication: Lubrication by immersion, i.e. closed-circuit lubrication effected by the movement of a part in an oil bath.

OBS

splash lubrication: term officialized by the Aeronautical Term Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

Key term(s)
  • oil splash lubrication
  • splash oiling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribologie
DEF

Système de barbotage dans lequel un organe en mouvement rapide trempe dans l'huile et projette celle-ci sur les autres organes à graisser qui n'y trempent pas.

OBS

lubrification par barbotage : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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