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MACHINE SCIAGE [8 records]

Record 1 2007-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe sawing machines: a) style: sliding or fixed bed; manual or automatic feed ...

OBS

There seems to be some interest for automatic sawing. Its principle is the consecutive lowering of the stone on the blade and some stops according to a rhythm which is recorded by computer.

OBS

As opposed to manual feed sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
CONT

Il existe aujourd'hui une multitude de machines de sciage : à disque ou au laser, automatique ou manuelle.

OBS

Un certain intérêt s'est manifesté pour le sciage automatique. Le principe est celui d'une succession de descentes de la pierre sur la scie et d'arrêts se faisant selon un rythme enregistré en mémoire par un ordinateur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Single blade circular saw benches with or without travelling table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Machine à scier circulaire, monolame, à table de menuisier avec ou sans table mobile.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
OBS

The sawing of a large stone can sometimes take days or weeks. A new technique of sawing diamonds with laser beams was developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Scie fonctionnant au laser, principalement utilisée sur le diamant.

CONT

La scie à rayon laser permet aux diamantaires de ne plus être contraints par les directions cristallographiques du diamant, qui limitent les sens de son sciage mécanique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe sawing machines: a) style: sliding or fixed bed; manual or automatic feed ...

OBS

As opposed to sliding bed sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

The most popular type of sawing machine is the movable bed type ... The movable bed allows the top half of the machine which houses the head to move backwards of forwards by turning a large screw head situated in front of the machine. This movement allows for the correct positioning of the saw blade in conjunction with the stone.

OBS

As opposed to "fixed bed sawing machine."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Par opposition à «machine de sciage à banc fixe».

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe sawing machines: a) style: sliding or fixed bed; manual or automatic feed ...

OBS

As opposed to automatic feed sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
CONT

Describe sawing machines: ... the arm: is hinged on the pivot shaft at the rear of the machine; is attached to the adjustable counterweight; rests on the head pin, which in turn rests on an automatic feeding system or a rubber block; can be rotated and adjusted in three planes: vertical, lateral and radial ...

CONT

Feed: [The] rate at which the sawing arm is lowered during the sawing process to maintain contact with the diamond; done manually or automatically depending on the type of sawing machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
OBS

Une fois le sciage terminé, c'est-à-dire lorsque la scie aura traversé entièrement la pierre, il faudra relever le bras de la machine. Les cadences de production imposées aux ouvriers les incitent parfois à relever le bras trop tôt, ce qui détruit certains petits coins de la pierre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A rotary sawing device for dividing diamonds.

CONT

... operation of sawing machine: a motor belt-driven spindle holding the saw blade rotates at approximately 12,000 to 15,000 revolutions per minute (rpm); the edge of the blade carries the diamond powder and oil mixture, which saws the diamond.

OBS

Cutting [(sawing)] is done by a thin metal disk, usually phosphor-bronze, coated with a mixture of oil and diamond powder. Introduced about 1900.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Machine à disque rotatif servant à diviser un diamant.

CONT

Il existe aujourd'hui une multitude de machines de sciage : à disque ou au laser, automatique ou manuelle.

OBS

La scie est un disque mince en bronze phosphoreux.

Spanish

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