à la maintenance de premier niveau

English translation: first-line maintenance help instructions

02:47 Aug 14, 2006

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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / IT instruction manual for shot peening machine

French term or phrase: à la maintenance de premier niveau

I understand up to consignes d'aide.....it must be easy but it doesn't make sense to me

En cliquant sur la touche « Consignes » en bas du menu principal, l’opérateur peut visualiser les consignes d’aide à la maintenance de premier niveau.

Thanks, all of you out there :-)

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English translation:first-line maintenance help instructions

Explanation:
'first-line maintenance' is a term very commonly used in many technical contexts, it meas the sort of simple maintenance tasks that the operator of the machine can usually perform themselves — for a photocopier, cleaning the glass, chainging the toner cartridge, adding paper, removing jams.

2nd-line implies use of an engineer to replace parts etc.

And I presume 3rd line means take it back to the workshop for major repair.

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Tony M
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thanks Tony and everyone :-) this is what I used and I think I must have forgotten to put on my thinking cap that day
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first-line maintenance help instructions

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first-level maintenance help instructions

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last part of the sentence (à la maintenance de premier niveau) first-level maintenance help instructions

Explanation:
Or you could also use "help instructions for/on first-level maintenance".

It's all a matter of putting the words back in the right order. I guess the sentence was not written in a very clear way ;)

I hope this helps!

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Note added at 24 mins (2006-08-14 03:12:01 GMT)
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Although it could be that "first-level" applies to help, not to maintenance... Your context should guide you on this...

Viktoria Gimbe
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peer agreement (net): +3

consignes d'aide à la maintenance de premier niveau

first-line maintenance help instructions

Tony M
France
Local time: 03:20
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thanks Tony and everyone :-) this is what I used and I think I must have forgotten to put on my thinking cap that day

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