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09:13 Jul 12, 2004 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Bourth (X) Local time: 15:03 | ||||||
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5 +4 | marine plywood |
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4 -1 | covered perforated steel conduits |
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dalle marine capotée marine plywood Explanation: <<Marine plywood (BS 1088/4079) Marine plywood to BS 1088 is manufactured using timbers classified as moderately durable or better (or exceptionally, gaboon) and with high quality veneers bonded using phenol-formaldehyde adhesive. These plywoods are available from UK, Israel, France, Singapore, Malaysia and other sources. As a very high quality material, it can be expensive. Marine plywood was developed for ship/boat building and has a very high performance under severe exposure conditions. It is also commonly used in construction applications where high performance is required or where the cost of replacement or consequences of failure warrant the additional cost>> IOW, they don't want it rotting because computer nerds keep spilling coffee on the carpet. However I don't know that plywood is used for cable trays! Are you sure "dalle" here does not refer to the raised flooring panels? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2004-07-12 09:54:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- But of course! It\'s for telecoms (low voltage), so plywood is probably normal for raceways. Now for the \"capoté\" bit! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2004-07-12 09:58:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I guess capoté means the cable tray is not left open, but has a cover fitted on top. Nothing to do with acoustic insulation as might be found on machines, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 16 mins (2004-07-12 12:29:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!!! David set me thinking and searching. Lots of \"chemins de câbles dalles marines\" on the Web, but no explanation. However, one site refers to \"dalles marines (type CES)\": Le chemin de câbles sera de type CES ou équivalent (dalle marine). Pour les passages soumis à des éventuelles perturbations électromagnétiques, on devra réaliser un ***capotage*** du chemin de câbles [www.ac-creteil.fr/reseaux/Cablage/Et1_2v2.pdf] Whether the \"capotage\" is just a steel cover or some form of special insulation I don\'t know. Constructions Electriques de la Seine in Issy les Moulineaux is a manufacturer of such things. So I rang them, and the very kind gentleman explained that \"dalle marine\" is meaningless really and goes back to the early days of such things when the place you were most likely to run into cable raceways - especially if you were tall young man - was \"in the Navy\" (not to be confused with \"YMCA\"!). He said that customers request \"chemin de câbles dalle marine\" and when he writes out the specs he puts \"chemin de câble en tôle perforé\", which is what it is. Further details: the standard perforation measures 7 x 25 mm, every 40 cm. So, perforated steel cable raceways, with covers. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 18 mins (2004-07-12 12:31:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Just to sound like Jane: FINAL: perforated steel cable raceways, with covers |
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