Poço Frio

English translation: Cold Well

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Portuguese term or phrase:Poço Frio
English translation:Cold Well
Entered by: Manie van den Heever

13:51 Jul 11, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / DOMESTIC APPLIANCES TEST
Portuguese term or phrase: Poço Frio
Banho Térmico - "Poço Frio"
This test is a thermal bath test that involves placing a piece of equipment in a poço frio to verify the performance.
Mike Davison
Brazil
Local time: 23:32
Cold Well
Explanation:
Cold Slug Well is also a possibility, but seems to be used mostly in the process of moulding plastics.

Cold Well or Cold Slug Well is the term given on the website "InterActive Terminology for Europe" (http://iate.europa.eu/). See also:

pfmold.wordpress.com/author/pfmold/
Jun 9, 2011 - This produces a feature known as a melt trap or cold slug well. ...

books.google.co.za/books?isbn=1441962468
Jan W. Gooch - 2010 - ‎Reference
Cold-Slug Well n A small circular cavity, directly opposite the sprue opening in an ... A low cold test means that the product has a low temperature pour point.


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Manie van den Heever
Local time: 04:32
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Cold Well


Explanation:
Cold Slug Well is also a possibility, but seems to be used mostly in the process of moulding plastics.

Cold Well or Cold Slug Well is the term given on the website "InterActive Terminology for Europe" (http://iate.europa.eu/). See also:

pfmold.wordpress.com/author/pfmold/
Jun 9, 2011 - This produces a feature known as a melt trap or cold slug well. ...

books.google.co.za/books?isbn=1441962468
Jan W. Gooch - 2010 - ‎Reference
Cold-Slug Well n A small circular cavity, directly opposite the sprue opening in an ... A low cold test means that the product has a low temperature pour point.




Manie van den Heever
Local time: 04:32
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