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roulement, palier

German translation: Kugellager, lager

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French term or phrase:roulement, palier
German translation:Kugellager, lager
Entered by: fcl

15:46 Jul 17, 2004
French to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
French term or phrase: roulement, palier
What is the difference? Both are bearings, but since in my context they are used several times in an enumeration (no adjectives to help), there must be some basic difference ...
Vladimir Suda
Czech Republic
Local time: 02:37
Kugellager, lager
Explanation:
A "roulement" has always rolling parts : roulement à billes, rollbearing, Kugellager, roulement à rouleaux (coniques), (taper) roller bearing, (kegel) Rollenlager, roulement à aiguilles, needle bearing, Nadellager. Unspecified, it is often a "roulement à billes".

A "palier" or "coussinet" has no rolling parts, unless specified (palier à billes, palier à rouleaux, etc.). There may be an oil film between the two moving parts, palier à film d'huile, as in automotive crankshaft (Hauptlager), or it may be made of an autolubricationg alloy (bronze bearing, Bronzelager, palier ou coussinet en bronze), or Teflon.

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fcl
France
Local time: 02:37
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4 +3voir l'explication
Johannes Gleim
5 +2Kugellager, lager
fcl


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
voir l'explication


Explanation:
roulement (ce qui roulent) = Wälzlager (Ernst),
Rillenkugellager = roulement à billes (Kucera),
Wälzlager = roulement, palier à roulement (Kucera),
roulement (de rouler) 1. action der rouler. (Le roulement des voitures déforme les chaussées), 2. roulement à billes = mécanisme destiné á diminuer les frottements entre des pièces roulant l'une sur l'autre, et qui consiste en billes d'acier insérées entre les organes flottants (Petit Robert)

palier = Lager (allgemein), Lagerbock (Ernst)
palier 1. pièce fixe supportant l'arbre de transmission d'une machine. Palier d'un moteur, palier de butée, qui empêche le glissement longitudinal de l'arbre (Petit Robert)


Johannes Gleim
Local time: 02:37
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agree  Gabi François: Perfekt, Johannes.
7 hrs
  -> Danke
agree  Christel Zipfel: mit Gabi
11 hrs
  -> ebenfalls Danke
agree  Catherine GRILL
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Danke
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Kugellager, lager


Explanation:
A "roulement" has always rolling parts : roulement à billes, rollbearing, Kugellager, roulement à rouleaux (coniques), (taper) roller bearing, (kegel) Rollenlager, roulement à aiguilles, needle bearing, Nadellager. Unspecified, it is often a "roulement à billes".

A "palier" or "coussinet" has no rolling parts, unless specified (palier à billes, palier à rouleaux, etc.). There may be an oil film between the two moving parts, palier à film d'huile, as in automotive crankshaft (Hauptlager), or it may be made of an autolubricationg alloy (bronze bearing, Bronzelager, palier ou coussinet en bronze), or Teflon.

Bon courage

fcl
France
Local time: 02:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Hesselnberg (X)
10 hrs
agree  Gabi François: ..or ceramics (autolubricating, too).
1 day 19 hrs
  -> thanks :)
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