tread decking

08:49 Dec 13, 2019 

Many thanks to Tony M and B D Finch for their contributions !

19:39 Dec 11, 2019 

I confirm Tony's remark concerning the cabinet: my question concerns the (large) cabinets of a food processing machine (e.g. ovens, smokehouses, etc.), on which it is necessary to be able to walk for installation, maintenance and repairing purposes.

16:43 Dec 11, 2019 

Probably a large ELECTRICAL etc. cabinet in an industrial context — the sort of place it is sometimes necessary to be able to walk on.

15:32 Dec 11, 2019 

Agree with Tony's comments, but rather puzzled by your "the roof of a cabinet". Cabinets don't generally have roofs, as they are pieces of furniture. For the same reason, one doesn't walk on a cabinet.

15:12 Dec 10, 2019 

To answer your last qesution: I'd say not for the 'gritty surface' — the whole point of 'tread' is that it implies some kind of raised, sculpted forms, like your 'tôle armé', or like on a car tyre. This would not normally be used in EN to describe something that is simply 'rough' or 'gritty'.

09:50 Dec 10, 2019 

Thank you for the clarification about 'tread'.<br><br>
In fact the document also mentions 'diamond plate' (tôle larmée) for the same type of floor in the plant, which corresponds to the metal covering you mention.<br><br>
Could 'tread decking' refer to a gritty surface as in the following:<br>
https://www.safetread.co.uk/decking-strips/anti-slip-decking... ?

07:45 Dec 10, 2019 

I think this refers to some kind of floor covering, often aluminium or steel, that has a raised 'tread' pattern — typically, little sort of diamond-shaped bumps — so as to make it less slippy.

This is one kind, although there are many other designs:

http://www.aluminiumdiscs.com/sale-5356667-for-non-slip-alum...

Please note that here, 'tread' refers to the raised pattern (like on a tyre) and does NOT refer to the treads on stairs (although of course this type of material is indeed commonly used on stairs too!)

16:13 Dec 9, 2019 

This safety measure applies to the roof of a cabinet.