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capacitaire

English translation: efficiency


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French term or phrase:capacitaire
English translation:efficiency
Entered by: Mireille K
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00:53 Jul 25, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
French term or phrase: capacitaire
proposer des techniques de convoyage compatibles avec les contraintes du projet industriel
étudier et proposer des techniques de convoyage permettant d'améliorer le capacitaire d'une chaine de peinture
Mireille K
United States
Local time: 14:46
efficiency
Explanation:
That's my understanding.

improve the efficiency of the paint line assembly ?

I'm not sure, but I hope this will help you.
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MatthewLaSon
Local time: 14:46
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2capacity
David Goward
2dimensions, extent
Cervin
2efficiencyMatthewLaSon


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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
efficiency


Explanation:
That's my understanding.

improve the efficiency of the paint line assembly ?

I'm not sure, but I hope this will help you.


    Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=189570&goto=...
MatthewLaSon
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thank you
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
dimensions, extent


Explanation:
Just some words dragged from my Thesaurus under 'capacity' (definition from Eurodicatom for 'capacitaire')
Mind you, I like Icetrance's answer too it seems to make sense

Cervin
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
capacity


Explanation:
I've also come across documents such as this where "capacitaire" does not seem to mean anything more than "capacity", in this case the number of units the painting line can handle (in a given period).

David Goward
France
Local time: 20:46
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terry Richards: Makes perfect sense in this context
32 mins
  -> Thanks Terry.

agree  Uma Hariharan
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Uma.
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