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136 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

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136 months ago

   wrote:

monkey/ram/ramming block/ tup/beetle head (of a pile driver)

My references:

French/English Dictionary Of Technical Terms by J.O. Kettridge

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136 months ago

   wrote:

Kate, as you can see, there are many translations possible. We need a more precise context, leaving the ## kg and ## J would have been helpful. Based on what we have, this is an impact testing machine, but for what application, metal, plastic, soil, road surface,explosives, etc.? Every field has its own jargon.

136 months ago

   wrote:

Kate, as you can see, there are many translations possible. We need a more precise context, leaving the ## kg and ## J would have been helpful. Based on what we have, this is an impact testing machine, but for what application, metal, plastic, soil, road surface,explosives, etc.? Every field has its own jargon.

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136 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

drop weight tear tester

My references:

http://ecoinstrument.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/149501983-106425539/EI_30000J_Drop_Weight_Tear_Tester.html
http://ow.ly/GecbL

136 months ago

Robert Tucker   wrote:

a pile-driver

My comment:

le mouton de chute est aussi appelé sonnette: il s'agit d'un mécanisme qui laisse tomber une masse de fonte attachée à un cable

My references:

https://www.ixarm.com/xha_gemo_documents.php3?get_document=IMG/pdf/FMD-411-A-1.pdf

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136 months ago

   wrote:

The cast-iron mass must be the pile then