Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Temps technologique
English translation:
Machine time, Machine waiting time
Added to glossary by
claude-andrew
Feb 22, 2011 16:18
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French term
France
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Temps technologique
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Standards de manutention
In time and motion studies, this is the "dead" time that an operator has to wait while an automatic device performs its task, e.g. press button - door opens; vehicle approaches automatic door - door opens.
I can't find any equivalent English term, but I'm sure there must be one.
I can't find any equivalent English term, but I'm sure there must be one.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | Machine time |
Veronica Coquard
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| 4 | Insensitive time |
Brian Khoury
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| 4 | waiting time |
kashew
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| 4 | response time |
Mark Bossanyi
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Proposed translations
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Veronica Coquard
France
France
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Works in field
France
Votre élégance révélée à sa juste valeur
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
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Machine time
I'm no engineer, but I find this question very interesting, and I found a link that might be helpful to you.
From what I read on this page it may be called "Machine time".
http://www.systems2win.com/c/time_definitions.htm
"For example - If an automatic machine is running for 60 seconds, and the Operator has something valuable to do for 20 seconds, and then has 40 seconds of "Wait time", the Machine Time is still 60 seconds.
Notice that Machine Time is very different from Machine Cycle Time."
Best of luck!
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:-) Thanks!
From what I read on this page it may be called "Machine time".
http://www.systems2win.com/c/time_definitions.htm
"For example - If an automatic machine is running for 60 seconds, and the Operator has something valuable to do for 20 seconds, and then has 40 seconds of "Wait time", the Machine Time is still 60 seconds.
Notice that Machine Time is very different from Machine Cycle Time."
Best of luck!
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Note added at 30 mins (2011-02-22 16:49:14 GMT)
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:-) Thanks!
Note from asker:
| Yes, this definition matches my context very well. I'll use it unless a specialist suggests anything more appropriate. Thanks! (And the website is going to be very useful) |
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Comment: "Thanks very much versmangalis - I expanded your suggestion to "machine waiting time" to make it absolutely clear"
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Brian Khoury
Canada
Canada
Canada
great minds in gravitation
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Insensitive time
dead time = (engineering) The time interval, after a response to one signal or event, during which a system is unable to respond to another. Also known as insensitive time.
Good luck in your translation
Good luck in your translation
Reference:
Note from asker:
| Yes, it's what I initially thought of (as in my question); however, I think this refers to pure machine actions, whereas here we have a bloke twiddling his thumbs the while. |
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waiting time
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Note added at 1 heure (2011-02-22 17:33:19 GMT)
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Sounds like "Machine controlled time" fromhttp://www.slidefinder.net/W/WORK_STUDY_SOME_DEFINITIONS/170...
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Note added at 1 heure (2011-02-22 17:33:19 GMT)
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Sounds like "Machine controlled time" fromhttp://www.slidefinder.net/W/WORK_STUDY_SOME_DEFINITIONS/170...
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the suggestion Kashew; in the present case I think I need something that will suggest the fact that the waiting is for a mechanism to do its job - like "machine time" as suggested. |
3 hrs
Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Native in English
Works in field
Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
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response time
Response time: the time a generic system or functional unit takes to react to a given input
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