Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

un sistema de pines y tornillos ciegos

English translation:

blind screws and screw pins

Added to glossary by patinba
Nov 16, 2017 11:48
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term

un sistema de pines y tornillos ciegos

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering bulldoozer
5. Flange de adaptation, este esta constituido por dos piezas, una que confronta al motor y la otra que confronta el housing del tractor, esta se interconectarse a través de un sistema de pines y tornillos ciegos. La union entre el motor y el convertidor del tractor están en proceso de fabricación.

In Proz I found "head grub" for "tornillo ciego"; however, I was unable to find another source in my technical and engineering dictionaries.

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
3 blind screws and screw pins
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Nov 27, 2017 12:08: patinba Created KOG entry

Discussion

Elena Bailey Nov 16, 2017:
Pins and bolts with threaded inserts? I have found this description about what a "tornillo ciego" is, which has a useful illustration:
https://books.google.es/books?id=sjizVaqQA8gC&pg=PA532&lpg=P...


However, I don't think there is a specific term in English, or at least I haven't been able to find it. One option would be a ·sex bolt" or "carriage bolt", but as hex bolts are "for use with a nut or tapped hole" I think "bolt with threaded inserts" would describe the system correcty.

See here on bolts: http://www.mikesenese.com/DOIT/2011/10/visual-glossary-of-sc...

Just an idea...

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blind screws and screw pins

Not my subject, but "Blind" is used in this context

Set screw - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_screw
A set screw is a type of screw generally used to secure an object within or against another ... A blind set screw (known in the UK as a grub screw, quite possibly from its figurative resemblance to a soil-dwelling grub) is almost always driven with ...


Blind fastener systems are used where the structure design or the assembly sequence does not allow access from both sides of the assembly. ... The blind nut is a fastener element, with a female thread installed from one side into a structure, which later in the assembly process will receive a bolt.
Blind Fasteners - lisi Aerospace
https://www.lisi-aerospace.com/products/fasteners/blind-fast...
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