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POSTE DETEN.BITUME

English translation: Item: pressure relief valve-bitumen/asphalt

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French term or phrase:POSTE DETEN.BITUME
English translation:Item: pressure relief valve-bitumen/asphalt
Entered by: Dawn Montague

08:51 Jul 28, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: POSTE DETEN.BITUME
in a list of parts

CLAPET DIAMETRE.16MM; ->POSTE DETEN.BITUME
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 05:16
Item: pressure relief valve-bitumen/asphalt
Explanation:
Sous toute réserve:

"poste" would be "station" (généralement), mais je crois qu'ici, ça indique où va le clapet, d'où: item. À voir avec le reste des descriptions

"Déten" pourrait vouloir dire "détendeur":
pressure relief valve
Syn. unloading valve
détendeur n. m.
Syn. clapet de détente n. m.
décompresseur n. m.
Clapet automatique dont l'ouverture permet d'évacuer la pression excédentaire.
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Germaine
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Summary of answers provided
naasphalt release control
Guy Bray
naasphalt / bitumen control station
Heathcliff
naItem: pressure relief valve-bitumen/asphalt
Germaine


  

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1 hr
asphalt release control


Explanation:
"clapet" would be a valve, and the "poste..." is presumably the device that controls the flow of asphalt,e.g., onto a road being resurfaced? A 16 mm valve seems way too narrow for asphalt: is it for air?

Guy Bray
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7 hrs
asphalt / bitumen control station


Explanation:
The "deten." is most likely "detención" or "detenedor," which of course implies holding, arresting, or catching. Absent more context, the more general term "control" would probably work best.

However, "asphalt (flow) metering" is a common industrial concept, and an asphalt or bitumen flow-metering station might be what your text is addressing.

Cheers,


Heathcliff
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10 hrs
Item: pressure relief valve-bitumen/asphalt


Explanation:
Sous toute réserve:

"poste" would be "station" (généralement), mais je crois qu'ici, ça indique où va le clapet, d'où: item. À voir avec le reste des descriptions

"Déten" pourrait vouloir dire "détendeur":
pressure relief valve
Syn. unloading valve
détendeur n. m.
Syn. clapet de détente n. m.
décompresseur n. m.
Clapet automatique dont l'ouverture permet d'évacuer la pression excédentaire.


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Germaine
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