antigerce

English translation: anti-check(ing) agent

16:09 Jun 12, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
French term or phrase: antigerce
I have no context, could it be anti crack?
Thank you!
Mary-Ann Marque
France
Local time: 01:21
English translation:anti-check(ing) agent
Explanation:
Not that much more informed but:

gerce = check. Short, narrow, and shallow fissure. NOTE : caused by drying
gerce superficielle = surface check . Check that can be eliminated by normal planing. NOTE: less than approx. 2 mm deep
[Dict. trilingue des bois ronds et des bois sciés, CTBA

A "Check" is a long crack that appears as the sap wood of a timber shrinks around the ...
www.vermonttimberworks.com/home/working_pages/wood_finishes...

Check, A small crack running through the grain of a timber surface usually caused by being dried too quickly ...
www.halswelltimber.co.nz/terms.aspx
Héhé, Halswell, where I grew up!

WOOD DRYING AND PRESERVING PROCESS - Patent 3571943
... lumber or timber is dried and then treated with preservative chemical solutions. .... Other materials, such as waterproofing agents, "anticheck" agents, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/3571943.html

Application of an anti-check product where bark is missing. Precautions ...
www.unece.org/trade/timber/storm/Stodafor manual/stodafor-m...

Timber Anti-checking Agent is a new coating with low cost(7-8 yuan/m~3), easy to use(coating temperature 0~5℃) and convenient for storage. ...
dict.cnki.net/dict_result.aspx?searchword=促进企业技术进步quickly ...



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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-06-12 20:32:11 GMT)
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Pretty comprehensive article here:
END CHECK PREVENTION IN REDWOOD AIR DRYING. By: DOUGLAS SHORE. Arcata Redwood Company, Arcata, California. As wood dries, the surface fibers reach fiber ...
ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/4893/1/End_Check_ocr.pdf

It lists a number of products for preventing checks, but no generic term that I could see. Given the number of times the writer refers to "controlling" checks, it is tempting to think that "check controller" would be understood, but I haven't found evidence of this. Nor of "check inhibitor".
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 01:21
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thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1anti-check(ing) agent
Bourth (X)
1anti-cracking
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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anti-cracking


Explanation:
my guess that gets a number of googles in association with wood

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-06-12 16:21:50 GMT)
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perhaps "anti-cracking agent"?

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
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anti-check(ing) agent


Explanation:
Not that much more informed but:

gerce = check. Short, narrow, and shallow fissure. NOTE : caused by drying
gerce superficielle = surface check . Check that can be eliminated by normal planing. NOTE: less than approx. 2 mm deep
[Dict. trilingue des bois ronds et des bois sciés, CTBA

A "Check" is a long crack that appears as the sap wood of a timber shrinks around the ...
www.vermonttimberworks.com/home/working_pages/wood_finishes...

Check, A small crack running through the grain of a timber surface usually caused by being dried too quickly ...
www.halswelltimber.co.nz/terms.aspx
Héhé, Halswell, where I grew up!

WOOD DRYING AND PRESERVING PROCESS - Patent 3571943
... lumber or timber is dried and then treated with preservative chemical solutions. .... Other materials, such as waterproofing agents, "anticheck" agents, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/3571943.html

Application of an anti-check product where bark is missing. Precautions ...
www.unece.org/trade/timber/storm/Stodafor manual/stodafor-m...

Timber Anti-checking Agent is a new coating with low cost(7-8 yuan/m~3), easy to use(coating temperature 0~5℃) and convenient for storage. ...
dict.cnki.net/dict_result.aspx?searchword=促进企业技术进步quickly ...



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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-06-12 20:32:11 GMT)
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Pretty comprehensive article here:
END CHECK PREVENTION IN REDWOOD AIR DRYING. By: DOUGLAS SHORE. Arcata Redwood Company, Arcata, California. As wood dries, the surface fibers reach fiber ...
ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/4893/1/End_Check_ocr.pdf

It lists a number of products for preventing checks, but no generic term that I could see. Given the number of times the writer refers to "controlling" checks, it is tempting to think that "check controller" would be understood, but I haven't found evidence of this. Nor of "check inhibitor".


Bourth (X)
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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