Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

arcade

English translation:

spring chamber

Added to glossary by chris collister
Aug 4, 2010 10:58
13 yrs ago
French term

arcade

French to English Tech/Engineering Petroleum Eng/Sci process valves
This is part of a process valve through which the stem passes, and is distinct from the "chapeau" or bonnet. The link below shows all the innards of a complex valve, including the "arcade", but I just can't find the right EN term! Help!

http://emaintenance.mobi/cours/métiers pétrole/P-Vanne et tu...
Proposed translations (English)
5 spring chamber
3 spring bonnet

Proposed translations

4 mins
Selected

spring chamber

Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think "spring chamber" does the job satisfactorily; I can't find a better term! Thanks."
18 mins

spring bonnet

I think the top housing on most valves of cast construction is called "bonnet". It will be topologically equivalent to the "arcade" in this drawing, although it does not look like a bonnet anymore. It's like overgrown bonnet on steroids.

These names, including "arcade" are chiefly historical. Arcade originally meant something like this:

http://www.jc-valves.com/ignitionweb/data/boutique/106/thumb... valve-sp.gif

The most similar instance of "spring bonnet" I could find is shown in Fig. 1 here:

http://www.valve-world.net/srv/ShowPage.aspx?pageID=640

In more complex designs, it is called "spring module", or "spring chamber", as kashew suggests. The cast part is then called "spring module housing".

I think if you say "spring bonnet" you will be understood, however deformed this part has become in comparison to its original bonnet shape. It's not exactly an arcade either. Things evolve.
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search