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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting | | English term or phrase: Gate and land tolerances are generally very tight. | Trata-se de um texto do sector metalúrgico. O que não estou a conseguir perceber é o sentido de "land" nesta expressão.
O contexto é o seguinte (trata-se de um manual de instruções para um molde de metal):
"Gate and land tolerances are generally very tight.
Adherence to a specific nominal gate diameter and land, although important, is in no way as critical as maintaining uniformity among all gates and lands." |
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| | sulcos | Explanation:
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-LAND: A component sufarce in the manufacturing process that influences melt flow ( Concise Encyclopedia of Plastic)
- Land: a surface between furrows , as on a millstone or on the interior of a rifle barrel. (Webster)
- The gate length is often referred to as the land length. If the gate land is very short, there will be a weak section in the mold between the runner and ...
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