déposés au potentiel

17:30 Jul 26, 2019 

I just saw this story. Your comment given yesterday at 15.18h is clearly more plausible than the solution you've finally chosen. Have a look also at Tony M's comments, he's a real specialist.

13:32 Jul 26, 2019 

thank you for asking the client. I was quite sure that it deals with electricity.

@ Tony: You can trust me, if I speak of electricity and/or railways. I studied electricity, acquired corresponding experience during 41 years industrial activities, including 9 years inside the German railway and 3 years of planning electric and signalling installations (from remote controlled pilot boxes to overhead lines) for railway companies abroad.

12:59 Jul 26, 2019 

Johannes is right - removed when at live potential. Sounds a bit hazardous, but there you are.

16:30 Jul 25, 2019 

1. MÉCAN., ÉLECTR. Partie d'une machine, d'un dispositif, ayant une fonction déterminée. Organe d'assemblage, de commandement.
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/organe
(i.e. control unit = organe de commande, e.g. the driver’s valve brake or any other controlling device like switches or valves).

For your convenience replace organs by "devices".

15:52 Jul 25, 2019 

Railway organs?

14:55 Jul 25, 2019 

It's not about practice, it's about working on railway-related organs. All other items in this list are also technical.

It's correct to translate
Mise en peinture des organes déposés => painting of dismantled organs put on the floor
Nettoyage des piques déposés => Cleaning of dismantled organs put on the floor
But you cannot translate
« révision des organes déposés au potentiel » => Maintenance of dismantled organs put on the floor, but « energized organs » or « live organs ».

L’autre seul occurrence pour « potentiel » : Le niveau 3 comprend également les échanges d’organes : Ils sont déclenchés.
• Soit dans le cadre de l’entretien préventif :
- programmé, à l’échéance de potentiel. Ici un autre sense (at the scheduled date of the general inspection).

14:29 Jul 25, 2019 

That seems to make sense: 'when removed at the end of their projected service life'

14:05 Jul 25, 2019 

Ask first, answer with confidence later.

13:18 Jul 25, 2019 

The term is isolated, so it's hard to find useful context. However, I've had an email with the suggestion that it means that the gearbox is serviced at the end of its potential service life, the idea being I suppose that there's been no reason up to then to service, repair or replace it. It's reached its full service potential, as it were.

12:44 Jul 25, 2019 

In the 'similar' context you refer us to, 'déposé' is used everywhere else to mean 'removed' or 'dismantled'; the only other occurrence of 'potentiel' is clearly not related to 'electrical potential'.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the 'potentiel' here is in fact referring to some potential or optional part of the contract... but it's impossible to tell without more information from your ACTUAL context, please!