Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

gerbage / dégerbage

English translation:

racking / laydown

Added to glossary by Marco Schaumloeffel
Feb 18, 2006 03:39
18 yrs ago
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French term

gerbage/dégerbage

French to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems
12.10. Premier gerbage et stockage de la garniture de forage dans le mât
L’Entrepreneur gerbe les tiges de forage 5’’ à une cadence minimum de 25 tiges par heure. En cas de non atteinte de cette cadence, il est rémunéré sur cette base et aux tarifs de l’annexe 8.

12.21. Gerbage et dégerbage courants des tiges
Les seuils de performances des opérations de gerbage et dégerbage des tiges sont :
- 25 simples par heure pour le gerbage des garnitures 5" et 3"1/2 ;
- 35 simples par heure pour le dégerbage des garnitures 5" et 3"1/2.

... in some places, "racking" is given as the translation for "gerbage" and "laydown" for "dégerbage." But, knowing nothing about mining, I can't be sure...
Change log

Feb 18, 2006 04:11: Kim Metzger changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "French to English"

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racking / laydown

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agree Bourth (X) : In the drilling context, yes
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French term (edited): gerbage/d�gerbage

stacking/unstacking

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agree Anna Quail : http://www.ilo.org/public/french/dialogue/sector/techmeet/me... 224) http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/m... (p.200)
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disagree Bourth (X) : This would be in the context of stacking goods in a warehouse, say, but the oil industry has a special term
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French term (edited): gerbage/d�gerbage

rack, pickup / laying down(out), unracking, coming out of hole

The above from the Dictionnaire du forage et des puits, Moureau & Brace.

Also "connected/unscrewed":

- ... des chaînes servant au vissage final our au dévissage initial des éléments de la garniture de forage, lors de son gerbage ou de son dégerbage
- ... and jerk chains for the final tightening or initial unscrewing of joints of drill pipe as they are connected or unscrewed
[Onshore/offshore oil and gas multilingual glossary, Graham & Trotman Limited, for the CEE]
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