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Les portees de mesures et des coussinets

English translation: The journals for measuring and those of the bearings


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French term or phrase:Les portees de mesures et des coussinets
English translation:The journals for measuring and those of the bearings
Entered by: Bhuwon Bhatia
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11:18 Dec 29, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
French term or phrase: Les portees de mesures et des coussinets
What should this mean in mechanical context?

here is the exact contenxt:

" Les portees de mesures et des coussinets seront protégées d’une maniere telle que le systeme de protection puisse etre enleve sans possibilite de deterioration de celles-ci ",
Bhuwon Bhatia
The journals for measuring and those of the bearings
Explanation:
A portée is a (usually) raised portion on a shaft against which the bearings supporting the shaft are in contact (on which they portent). This is a "journal" in English.

PORTÉE ... 6. Mécan. Petite surélévation présentée par une pièce mécanique pour servir d'appui ou de butée; partie d'un arbre de transmission ou d'un vilebrequin qui doit tourner dans un palier (syn. TOURILLON); partie d'un arbre de transmission qui frotte sur le coussinet
[Larousse Lexis]

journal (Eng.). That part of a shaft which is in contact with, and supported by, a bearing.
[Chambers' Sci&Tech]

This is certainly what the portée des coussinets is. Quite how a portée de mesures functions I do not know.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-12-29 14:39:31 GMT)
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I can only imagine the "measuring journals", so to speak, have a polished flat or a groove or some other distinguishing feature that can be detected by an optical device which will then tell how fast the shaft is turning. Just as you wouldn't want the journal that mates with your bearings to be damaged, you wouldn't want this "measuring journal" be scratched or dented since that might cause erroneous readings.
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xxxBourth
Local time: 07:43
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hey thank you so much, :)
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4The journals for measuring and those of the bearingsxxxBourth
3 +1The pads and measuring device block/enclosure
jasonwkingsley


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The pads and measuring device block/enclosure


Explanation:
I suppose it means you can remove the protective system without damaging these 'pads and measuring devices' that are within...les portées is the block or enclosure which 'holds' these pads ans measuring devices...

I'm not a specialist, but I think this is what's going on here.

jasonwkingsley
France
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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The journals for measuring and those of the bearings


Explanation:
A portée is a (usually) raised portion on a shaft against which the bearings supporting the shaft are in contact (on which they portent). This is a "journal" in English.

PORTÉE ... 6. Mécan. Petite surélévation présentée par une pièce mécanique pour servir d'appui ou de butée; partie d'un arbre de transmission ou d'un vilebrequin qui doit tourner dans un palier (syn. TOURILLON); partie d'un arbre de transmission qui frotte sur le coussinet
[Larousse Lexis]

journal (Eng.). That part of a shaft which is in contact with, and supported by, a bearing.
[Chambers' Sci&Tech]

This is certainly what the portée des coussinets is. Quite how a portée de mesures functions I do not know.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-12-29 14:39:31 GMT)
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I can only imagine the "measuring journals", so to speak, have a polished flat or a groove or some other distinguishing feature that can be detected by an optical device which will then tell how fast the shaft is turning. Just as you wouldn't want the journal that mates with your bearings to be damaged, you wouldn't want this "measuring journal" be scratched or dented since that might cause erroneous readings.

xxxBourth
Local time: 07:43
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hey thank you so much, :)
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