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TAPHOLE [4 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maple Syrup Production
Key term(s)
  • tap hole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acériculture
DEF

[...] trou de quelques centimètres de profondeur percé dans le tronc d'un érable, dans lequel on fiche un chalumeau et par lequel s'écoule la sève.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Plant (Metallurgy)
  • Furnaces and Ovens (Metallurgy)
CONT

When the furnace is in operation, the iron notch is completely filled with a refractory material called tap-hole clay. To cast the hot metal from the furnace, a tapping hole is drilled through this material, and after the cast has been completed, the hole is plugged again with fresh clay that is extruded into the hole from a mud gun.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et matériels (Métallurgie)
  • Fours (Métallurgie)
DEF

Orifice garni de réfractaire par lequel s'effectue la coulée d'un métal en fusion, dans un appareil métallurgique, un four ou une poche de coulée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brewing and Malting
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brasserie et malterie
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Refractory Materials (Metallurgy)
  • Blast Furnaces (Steelmaking)
DEF

A hole in the hearth wall which is opened to allow molten iron to flow from the furnace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux réfractaires (Métallurgie)
  • Hauts fourneaux (Sidérurgie)
DEF

Orifice dans la paroi du creuset que l'on débouche pour faire couler la fonte hors du fourneau.

Spanish

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