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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) | | French term or phrase: attaque | | Les épaisseurs des plates pour les attaques des escaliers et des passerelles doivent être, en général, ** mm |
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| | tread / nosing | Explanation:
Note confidence level.
Logically it would appear to refer to the treads of the stairs, or the "treadplate" of the gangways.
Another possibility is that it refers to the stair noses/nosings and the equivalent part of the gangway, at the top of the stairs (the last tread, as it were). What are the stairs etc. made of? If made of steel, I'd be surprised if they complicated matters by making the nosings of a different material or thickness. If timber, steel reinforcement could be useful.
A nosing is the "leading edge" of a step. Cf. "bord d'attaque" for "leading edge" of a wing, etc.
Not standard terminology I don't think, certainly not something I've encountered.
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Note added at 32 mins (2010-01-26 07:50:00 GMT)
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On reading it again, plates may well refer to plats or "steel strip", not to "steel plate" as I first thought. In this case it is quite likely that it's a strip of steel screwed to the top of a wooden stair tread, near the front edge, to prevent wear and damage to the timber and to provide a better grip, especially if the plat(e) has relief (tôle larmé, tôle strié, etc.), and especially in the wet.
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Note added at 40 mins (2010-01-26 07:57:29 GMT)
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Nosing
A special L-section member serving as the front or LEADING EDGE OF A STAIR TREAD, or of grating at the HEAD OF A STAIR. Checker Plate Nosing (Steel only), Grooved Nosing (Aluminum only), Slip Not Nosing, Cast Abrasive Nosing, AllGrip Nosing and Fiberglass Nosing.
http://www.ohiogratings.com/glossary.html
Offshore stairway step
Stairway step to be assembled at offshore facilities. With SCREWED-ON ANTI-SKID EDGE made of aluminum. Perforation: Graepel-Stabi
www.graepel.ie/index.cfm/page/brochures?twfId=2&download=tr...
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28 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 tread / nosing
Explanation:
Note confidence level.
Logically it would appear to refer to the treads of the stairs, or the "treadplate" of the gangways.
Another possibility is that it refers to the stair noses/nosings and the equivalent part of the gangway, at the top of the stairs (the last tread, as it were). What are the stairs etc. made of? If made of steel, I'd be surprised if they complicated matters by making the nosings of a different material or thickness. If timber, steel reinforcement could be useful.
A nosing is the "leading edge" of a step. Cf. "bord d'attaque" for "leading edge" of a wing, etc.
Not standard terminology I don't think, certainly not something I've encountered.
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Note added at 32 mins (2010-01-26 07:50:00 GMT)
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On reading it again, plates may well refer to plats or "steel strip", not to "steel plate" as I first thought. In this case it is quite likely that it's a strip of steel screwed to the top of a wooden stair tread, near the front edge, to prevent wear and damage to the timber and to provide a better grip, especially if the plat(e) has relief (tôle larmé, tôle strié, etc.), and especially in the wet.
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Note added at 40 mins (2010-01-26 07:57:29 GMT)
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Nosing
A special L-section member serving as the front or LEADING EDGE OF A STAIR TREAD, or of grating at the HEAD OF A STAIR. Checker Plate Nosing (Steel only), Grooved Nosing (Aluminum only), Slip Not Nosing, Cast Abrasive Nosing, AllGrip Nosing and Fiberglass Nosing.
http://www.ohiogratings.com/glossary.html
Offshore stairway step
Stairway step to be assembled at offshore facilities. With SCREWED-ON ANTI-SKID EDGE made of aluminum. Perforation: Graepel-Stabi
www.graepel.ie/index.cfm/page/brochures?twfId=2&download=tr...
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