Lyra

English translation: lyre loop

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Swedish term or phrase:Lyra
English translation:lyre loop
Entered by: sans22 (X)

09:43 Oct 30, 2014
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Swedish term or phrase: Lyra
Mellan två fixeringar får endast en kompensator, en lyra eller ett z-slag monteras for upptagning av expansioner. Maximalt avstånd mellan fixeringar Lmax på raka rörsträckor är:
sans22 (X)
Sweden
Local time: 06:36
lyre loop
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 06:36
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Summary of answers provided
5lyre loop
Sven Petersson
4Horseshoe Loop
Michael Ellis
4 -2expansion loop
George Hopkins


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
expansion loop


Explanation:
Have used this expression.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-10-30 12:18:21 GMT)
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Or simply loop, depending on the text.

George Hopkins
Local time: 06:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: "Lyra" is a specific expansion loop design; there are several different designs. Please see my reference!
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Sven; interesting reference.

disagree  Michael Ellis: I agree with Sven, but offer Horseshoe Loop as an alternative.
23 hrs
  -> Thank you Michael -- I leave it to the Asker.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lyre loop


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.spiraxsarco.com/resources/steam-engineering-tutor...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 06:36
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tackar!
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Horseshoe Loop


Explanation:
This is a more popular name for the Lyre Loop and one I feel will be self-evident to horny-handed piping engineers.
My search engine gives more hits for horseshoe loop than lyre loop - see references- and even Sven's reference gives horseshoe priority.,


    Reference: http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Walsall/Russell/tub...
    Reference: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zGFWUusyhzcC&pg=PA575&lpg...
Michael Ellis
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:36
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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