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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / tractors | | French term or phrase: amortisseur a eau | Context:
Le siège du conducteur du tracteur a été complété d'amortisseurs à eau, l'engin proprement dit a été garni d'un garde-boue, etc.,
This tractor will work in marshy conditions and will have heavy loads - I am thinking of 'hydraulic dashpots' but am not sure whether this is the correct meaning - does anyone know?
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| | hydraulic damper | Explanation:
A bit of a stab in the dark really, but I can't help wondering if your text is original French, or itself a translation. If often happens that people confuse the meanings of "hydraulique", which can refer to water (aménagement hydraulique = dam, etc.) and to (power-)hydraulics, which of course generally uses oil.
Hydraulic dampers (whether they use oil or water I don't know)certainly can be used for tractor and truck seats :
Black leather/PVC seat
Air comfort system and deluxe air suspension with double acting hydraulic damper. Applications: Trucks (Rigids & Tractor Units)
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xxxBourth
Local time: 20:46
| Grading comment I am pretty sure that this is right and it is what I went for in the end. I think your point about it being a translation is probably spot on - it was for a company in Antwerp, which leads me to believe that it had been translated from Flemish. Thanks for your well-thought out answer - thanks too to Dusty, the first on the scene, for quickly eliminating the 'dashpot' possibility, and to everyone else for their contributions.....thank you to my friends and family too, for.....
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7 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): -2 stilling device
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Ouvrage en aval d'un évacuateur, d'un coursier ou d'une chute où se produit la dissipation d'énergie complète ou partielle et où l'énergie cinétique est transformée en énergie de turbulence.
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Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of:  French, Arabic
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 hydraulic damper
Explanation:
A bit of a stab in the dark really, but I can't help wondering if your text is original French, or itself a translation. If often happens that people confuse the meanings of "hydraulique", which can refer to water (aménagement hydraulique = dam, etc.) and to (power-)hydraulics, which of course generally uses oil.
Hydraulic dampers (whether they use oil or water I don't know)certainly can be used for tractor and truck seats :
Black leather/PVC seat
Air comfort system and deluxe air suspension with double acting hydraulic damper. Applications: Trucks (Rigids & Tractor Units)
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| xxxBourth
Local time: 20:46
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Native speaker of: English
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| | Grading comment | I am pretty sure that this is right and it is what I went for in the end. I think your point about it being a translation is probably spot on - it was for a company in Antwerp, which leads me to believe that it had been translated from Flemish. Thanks for your well-thought out answer - thanks too to Dusty, the first on the scene, for quickly eliminating the 'dashpot' possibility, and to everyone else for their contributions.....thank you to my friends and family too, for..... |
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