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PREMISTOPPA: A CAVALLOTTO

English translation: stuffing box: U-packing

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Italian term or phrase:premistoppa: a cavallotto
English translation:stuffing box: U-packing
Entered by: Ilde Grimaldi

22:54 Jan 18, 2001
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Italian term or phrase: PREMISTOPPA: A CAVALLOTTO
PREMISTOPPA: A CAVALLOTTO, IN DUE PEZZI -FLANGIA/ANELLO
Peter Cox
Italy
Local time: 08:09
stuffing box: U-packing
Explanation:
McGraw Hill
stuffing box
[ING] premistoppa; premitreccia
A packed, pressure-tight joint for a rod that moves through a hole, to reduce or eliminate fluid leakage.

stuffing
[ING] tenuta a premistoppa
A method of sealing the mechanical joint between two metal surfaces; packing (stuffing) material is inserted within the seal area container (the stuffing or packing box), and compressed to a liquid-proof seal by a threaded packing ring follower. Also known as packing.

gland
[ING] premistoppa
1 A device for preventing leakage at a machine joint, as where a shaft emerges from a vessel containing a pressurized fluid.
2 A movable part used in a stuffing box to compress the packing.

CAVALLOTTO
suggerisce il senso di curvato a U (diz. monolingua Garzanti)
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Ilde Grimaldi
Local time: 08:09
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Thanks a lot to you both
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Summary of answers provided
nastuffing box: with U bolt
Angela Arnone
nastuffing box: U-packing
Ilde Grimaldi


  

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1 hr
stuffing box: with U bolt


Explanation:
Marolli calls a simple "premistoppa" a "stuffing box".
cavallotto (same source) is a U bolt, and it is in two sections - flange/ring.
Have a good day
Angela



    Marolli
Angela Arnone
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3602
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1 hr
stuffing box: U-packing


Explanation:
McGraw Hill
stuffing box
[ING] premistoppa; premitreccia
A packed, pressure-tight joint for a rod that moves through a hole, to reduce or eliminate fluid leakage.

stuffing
[ING] tenuta a premistoppa
A method of sealing the mechanical joint between two metal surfaces; packing (stuffing) material is inserted within the seal area container (the stuffing or packing box), and compressed to a liquid-proof seal by a threaded packing ring follower. Also known as packing.

gland
[ING] premistoppa
1 A device for preventing leakage at a machine joint, as where a shaft emerges from a vessel containing a pressurized fluid.
2 A movable part used in a stuffing box to compress the packing.

CAVALLOTTO
suggerisce il senso di curvato a U (diz. monolingua Garzanti)


Ilde Grimaldi
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 208
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Thanks a lot to you both
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