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tolérances des profils

English translation: profile tolerance

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French term or phrase:tolérances des profils
English translation:profile tolerance
Entered by: abiggers

15:24 Oct 24, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / engine components
French term or phrase: tolérances des profils
Title of table below schema "tolérances des profils voir CCT XXX.
abiggers
Local time: 02:55
profile tolerance
Explanation:
"profile" is a general term commonly used for rolled steel or aluminium of various shapes.

I suppose we are referring here to different sheet aluminum sections that are fitted together.
Selected response from:

Richard Hedger
Switzerland
Local time: 08:55
Grading comment
Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3profile tolerance
Richard Hedger
3 +2tolerance of sections
John Simpson
2 +1shape tolerance
RHELLER


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tolérances des profils
tolerance of sections


Explanation:
Have a look at grand dic's explanation of "section".


    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...
John Simpson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Segura
14 mins
agree  Elizabeth Slaney: yes
15 mins
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tolérances des profils
shape tolerance


Explanation:
note: I am not specialized in aircraft

Aircraft Industries (Figure 12a). The parts are attached to a fixed ... Shape tolerance in feeding and fixturing. In PK Agarwal, LE Kavraki, and ...
www.cs.purdue.edu/visctr/papers/cad02-tol.pdf

system that offers precision shape, tolerance and orientation detection, ... A highly specialised producer of tooling and fixtures for the aircraft ...
www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/doc/doc672.html

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http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 00:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Lyons: Profiles usually means shape such as curve, square, beveled; applicable to edges and materials that abut to one another, in my experience.
1 hr
  -> thanks Elizabeth :-)
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tolérances des profils
profile tolerance


Explanation:
"profile" is a general term commonly used for rolled steel or aluminium of various shapes.

I suppose we are referring here to different sheet aluminum sections that are fitted together.

Richard Hedger
Switzerland
Local time: 08:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Though my logic to get there is different since I imagine this concerns the complicated shapes of rotor blades/stator vanes rather than bits of sheet metal
1 hr
  -> true, they are referring to "pales" - an oversight on my part - profile in still appropriate for sake of a better term. Cheers!
agree  Sylvia Smith
1 hr
  -> thank you Sylvia!
agree  Maria Karra
8 hrs
  -> thank you Maria!
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