Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

arrosage des garnitures d'étanchéité

English translation:

mechanical seal flushing or flushing of packing seal

Added to glossary by Yolanda Broad
Mar 24, 2003 13:31
21 yrs ago
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French term

arrosage des garnitures d'étanchéité

French to English Tech/Engineering Wine / Oenology / Viticulture Winery equipment
This is re "Flash Détente" - as in flash vaporization or flash process (breveté par INRA)

...context is a description of the "vacuum chamber" or "enceinte de mise sous vide":

pompe d'extraction de la vendange 15 kW à rotor helicoïdal étudiée pour travail au vide poussée avec arrosage des garnitures d'étanchéité

so far: 15 kW axial flow must extraction pump developed for high vacuum processing with ??? spraying? sparging? sprinkling? wetting??? of "packing"????? don't understand what this is...

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mechanical seal flushing or flushing of packing seal

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... 20 mm) Plunger material: Aluminum oxide ceramic Packing seal method: Nut-tightened
packing gland Seal flush port: Packing lubrication/flushing is possible for ...
www.smith-cameron.com/pdf/Makro.pdf - Similar pages

Disc Pump Cross-section
... 4. Convertible packing/seal box Designed to accommodate virtually any packing arrangement,
size or style, and all ... Easy flushing, cooling or lubricating of seals ...
www.discflo.com/cross.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "final version : spraying of packing seal (especially since there can be no water (waterproof) - against the law in this process). Had used "seal" beforehand for "étanchéité"... Thanks!"
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pump, with waterproof covering, made to work in a vacuum during sprinkling

just a guess

pump, with waterproof covering, made to work in a vacuum during sprinkling
(or while sprinklers are on)
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spraying of watertight linings

i guess the linings are sprayed to keep them cool, and ensure that they remain watertight
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38 mins

wear of tightening fittings

the fittings are preventing the leaks in a hydraulic system;
-wear of these means no more tightness
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vacuum pumping assessed by spraying waterproof fittings

the pump appears to be under assessment (étudiée) and to check it is not leaking when operational the fittings or seals are sprayed with water, rather like detecting a puncture in an inner tube of a bicycle.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : etudie here means: designed to spray waterproof fittings
38 mins
agree SilLiz (X)
4 hrs
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