Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
tube pitche
French translation:
entraxe de tubes
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Apr 26, 2013 09:21
11 yrs ago
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tube pitches
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The following material combinations are available in various tube pitches and various fin spacing:
For Contractors and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) related to the industrial refrigeration industry, GEA Goedhart B.V. offers an unlimited range of air coolers and air cooled condensers in several configurations.
Depending on the application, the optimum configuration will be selected in close cooperation with
our customers.
Configurations
The following material combinations are available in various tube pitches and various fin spacing:
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +2 | entraxe de tubes |
Tony M
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| 5 | entre axes des tubes et des ailettes |
HERBET Abel
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| 4 | pas des tubes entre-axe |
Marcombes (X)
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| 3 | dispositions des tubes |
florence metzger
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Change log
May 10, 2013 05:12: Tony M Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
tube pitch
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entraxe de tubes
One might use 'pas' as the more usual translation of 'pitch' (see previous glossary entries) — but I think that, since 'tubes' do have an 'axe', 'entraxe' is probably more appropriate here.
Peer comment(s):
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GILLES MEUNIER
: Je pensais à 'pas' aussi...
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Merci, Gilles ! :-)
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Max de Montaigne
: Probablement car il est question un peu plus loin de "spacing". Le vissage des tuyaux n'est peut-être pas le plus important dans ce paragraphe.
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Merci, Max !
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pas des tubes entre-axe
C'est une proposition de traduction.
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entre axes des tubes et des ailettes
http://www.frostytech.com/articleimages/200712/SCMNJ1000_rea...
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2013-04-27 13:31:01 GMT)
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Ou écartement des tubes et des ailettes
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2013-04-27 13:31:01 GMT)
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Ou écartement des tubes et des ailettes
Discussion
Personally, I'd use 'pitch' for narrow things that have a clear centre-line, and 'spacing' for (possibly fatter) things that don't. In my book, with 'pitch', one isn't so concerned with the actual thickness of the things themselves — think of narrow IC pins on a 0.1" pitch.
However, I fully agree that people do often use the terms interchangeably, with greater or lesser accuracy.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.32....
"Figure 17. Seasonal COP's for Different ***Fin Pitches*** at Optimum Operating
Conditions with Fixed Cost . .... Ratio of longitudinal ***tube spacing*** to tube diameter. Bθ ..."
Others examples too - is it just to avoid repetition? A dangerous practice in technical translation!