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cartes mécaniques

08:50 Oct 9, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / electron devices
French term or phrase: cartes mécaniques
The context is minutes of a Works Council meeting of a company in a large Group that is involved in components and sybsystems for radiofrequencies and x-ray imaging.

Someone has just asked the question "Quelle est la part des prises de commandes réalisées en interne et de celles qui sont co-traitées?

Reply:

La co-traitance n'st pas pratiquée dans la BL (Business Line). Nous traitons de produits (les composants) et parlons plutôt de "sous-traitance."

Pour les activités traditionnelles, comme les tubes, la part de sous-traitance reste à peu de choses près identique. Nous achetons les matériaux, soit 80% de nos activités d'usinage mécanique. Par contre, l'assemblage, le réglage et le test de nos composants reste en interne. Ce maintien en propre fait partie de notre politique. Quant à l'évolution vers le sous-système, elle se traduit par une plus grande maîtrise d'oeuvre. Pour l'activité des émetteurs, par exemple, nous concevons et réalisons des prototypes mais la réalisaton des sous-ensembles, électroniques ou mécaniques, est confiée à l'extérieur. C'est la seule façon d'être compétitif. Ainsi, XX sous-traite toute la réalisation des cartes mécaniques."
Pamela Hewitt


Summary of answers provided
2relay boards
Bourth (X)
2Supporting grid
Bashiqa


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relay boards


Explanation:
Pretty much guesswork until Tony comes along. Possibly even "mechanical relay boards" or "electromechanical relay boards", since I rather suspect "relay board" may have been carried over to electronic boards performing the same function.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  Tony M: Only really likely if we know that they do actually make such things, which I slightly doubt...
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Supporting grid


Explanation:
It is surely designed to hold or support other components.

Bashiqa
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Local time: 16:16
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