17:20 Dec 11, 2003 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Metrology / metrology | |||||||
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3 | touch panel |
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3 | touch pad |
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3 | surface roughness specimens? |
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surface roughness specimens? Explanation: My book [Materials and Processes in Manufacturing] has a picture of what looks like a paint colour chart (can't think of the proper name), but the caption says "set of surface-roughness standards" (photo courtesy of Surface Checking Gage Co. - I wonder if they have a website). I can only imagine one sticks a finger in the hole (now then ...), then tries to find the corresponding roughness on the "set of standards". I wonder if it's an equal opportunities job, of if people with fat fingers are denied access! Now that I've read the text, they refer to "sets of surface-finish blocks" as shown in the picture. Bit lo-tech though. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-12-12 16:01:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Haven\'t found any sort of real confirmation, but voL 2 of the CIRP Dictionary of Production Engineering gives: Tastvergleich comparison by touch comparaison au toucher with a definition in German only (usually it\'s trilingual): Vergleich der Obenflächengüte eines Werkstückes mit der eines Musterstückes durch Tasten mit Fingerkuppe, Kupfermünze u. ä. which my residual German translates as Comparison of a workpiece surface with the surface of a model piece by touching with the fingertips, copper coins (???), etc. I thought of the missing word: sampler. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-12-12 16:15:08 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- That said, a couple of hits for \"surface-finish blocks\": <<Because identical roughness values can be very different in appearance, surface-finish blocks enable a designer to better relate a desired surface, obtained by a specific process, to the measured value that must be specified.>> [http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/l/f/lfm3/PSU_IET101/DeGarm...] <<Surface Finish Blocks-set >>(in a list of inspection eqpmt, including depth verniers, go/no-go gauges, etc.) http://www.arenggroup.com/quality.html And you will be pleased to know that they can be used with surface finish measuring equipment, so if you have fat fingers you might still get the job! |
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