Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

ligne d'arbre(s)

English translation:

shaft line

Added to glossary by Robin Hardy-King
Jun 4, 2006 10:25
17 yrs ago
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French term

ligne d'arbre(s)

French to English Other Energy / Power Generation
The context is coolers for a gas compressor in an oil production installation. The 's' is sometimes there sometimes not. I suspect a typo, especially as it comes from Algeria, so the typist may not be a native French-speaker.

The document deals, in part, with bearings and it seems clear that "arbre" is "shaft".

Googling came up with:
http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/meca/abs/2004/01/MI02033...
which is bi-lingual but still difficult to figurre out from.

Also this, from a UK company, but I was not able to match it to the equivalent part of the site in English.
http://www.metalock.co.uk/alesage_de_ligne.html

and this, but no English here:
http://www.cstm.fr/Calcul_05.htm



Examples below from my document:

1.
De préférence, la responsabilité des études de conception des lignes d'arbres sera prise par le CONSTRUCTEUR des compresseurs.

2.
Pour chaque ligne d'arbres, l'étendue de la fourniture est décrite dans le chapitre 3 de la spécification générale xxxxxxxxxxxxx, complétée/amendée par ce qui suit :

après les études de mise en groupe. A ce stade le FOURNISSEUR doit présenter le résultat des études du comportement mécanique de la ligne d'arbre complète (recherche des vitesses critiques, etc..)

3.
L'étude torsionnelle des lignes d'arbres complètes doit être faite par le CONSTRUCTEUR des compresseurs ou au moins approuvée formellement par lui.

4.
Le FOURNISSEUR doit s'assurer de la compatibilité des qualités d'huile requises pour les différents éléments de la ligne d'arbre : compresseur, multiplicateur, turbine.

Proposed translations

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shaft line

I don't see why the direct translation shouldn't apply:

My Framatome/AFNOR dictionary gives ligne d'arbre as shaft line (pump, motor, coupling and intermediate shafts)
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth (X)
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Thanks Alex
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(for the meaning) (aligned) series of (propeller/transmission) shafts

The text was perhaps written in Algeria but, except for the typo with arbre, the French language used here is perfect.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Christophe Vieillard : avec ce que vous écrivez sur le français : la qualité du document est excellente !
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agree Gina W
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lineshaft / line-shaft

am not an expert, but found this in a glossary supplied by a pump manufacturer.

seems to fit with a large number of google hits among which:
Distributor of air compressors, pipe fittings, & pumps. Compressor & pump repairing service Submersible or lineshaft turbine pumps as well as...
www.thomasnet.com/profile/ 71127/power-products-service-co-inc.html - 9k - En cache - Pages similaires


Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - information - [ Traduire cette page ]A large saw and joiner here are powered off the same overhead line shaft system ... A 75 horsepower air compressor feeds this tank, which in turn feeds a ...
www.csrmf.org/railtown/doc.asp?id=312 - 17k - En cache - Pages similaires


Bearings - Line Shaft - [ Traduire cette page ]Bearings - Line Shaft, Last update: Sunday, May 14, 2006 ... Bearings - Line Shaft. Index of companies supplying: Bearings - Line Shaft ...
www.applegate.co.uk/engineering/pselect/ps_32226.htm - 24k - En cache - Pages similaires


... and many others (I googled "line-shaft+compressor" only)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-06-04 16:02:22 GMT)
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try this (first link above is useless! sorry)

http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep1110-...
Note from asker:
I got "line shaft" from Le Grand Dictionnaire, but on Googling the entries all seemed to refer to a 19th century systemof power transmission.
But I have also found a modern reference which appears to fit our context here: https://usmap.cnet.navy.mil/usmapss/static/wps/0300N.jsp
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Christophe Vieillard : line of shafting : a group fo rotors coupled on the same axis (IEC)
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power train

is used a lot in this context
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