Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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...
http://emaintenance.mobi/cours/métiers pétrole/P-Vanne et tu...
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | spring chamber | kashew |
3 | spring bonnet | Gene Selkov |
Proposed translations
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Comment: "I think "spring chamber" does the job satisfactorily; I can't find a better term! Thanks."
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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.
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.
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