spindle limit switches

12:45 Nov 20, 2020 

Veuillez excuser mes tentatives inefficaces d'ajouter un addendum dans lequel j'avais mis en évidence les termes les plus importants à l'aide de commandes HTML. Malheureusement, les caractères gras n'ont pas été supprimés.

Néanmoins, il est important de savoir que l'expression « interrupteur de fin de course » est encore utilisée plus souvent que l'expression familière « contacts de fin de course » et que le 'spindle' est probablement une « broche ».
Je suis également rassuré par le fait que mon niveau de connaissance est à jour et je vous souhaite que la traduction ait été réalisée à la satisfaction du client.

11:30 Nov 20, 2020 

Ok ok, nous ne disons pas que vous avez tort, votre traduction est tout à fait correcte techniquement mais "contact" est plus utilisé. Je ne vais pas argumenter davantage et vous souhaite une bonne journée.

11:27 Nov 20, 2020 

Vous avez montré "contact de fin de course" "Environ 77 200 résultats (0,43 secondes).
J'ai trouvé moins :
"contacts de fin de course" Page 2 sur environ 48 900 résultats (0,31 secondes)
et plus pour ma proposition :
"interrupteurs de fin de course" : Page 2 sur environ 158 000 résultats (0,38 secondes)
Donc trois fois plus.

Veuillez noter que la première page montre toujours plus que ce qui existe en réalité.

10:16 Nov 20, 2020 

This is absolutely NOT a case of spreading "incorrect 'colloquial' terms contradicting to [sic!] standardized terms internationally" — this is a perfectly correct term in everyday use here in France, it is not the fault of the entire French electrical industry if you don't happen to be familiar with this term; perhaps it hasn't reached you there in Germany yet?

08:41 Nov 20, 2020 

Thank you for confirmation. I tend not to spread incorrect 'colloquial' terms contradicting to standardized terms internationally, but to use correct and unambiguous terms and would be glad if this would be supported, especially by specialists in the field.

@ Sandra, regarding the translation of "spindle" we have no description of the machinery or part of machinery and can only guess how it looks like and how it works.

19:05 Nov 19, 2020 

19:01 Nov 19, 2020 

Whatever the logic of your arguments, the fact remains that in FR, 'contact' is very often used for a functional switch, sometimes a microswitch, and describes a pair of elements that make or break contact under a given set of circumstances.
It's a kind of misplaced Franglais, but it is sufficiently widespread to have to be considered "correct usage" in technical fields.

18:37 Nov 19, 2020 

Sorry for discussing the term "limit switch', but a switch is not the same as a contact. A switch is a switching mechanism with 2 contact at least. Single limit switches exist, but single limit contacts makes no sense. You always needs two contacts to open or close.

Please read Wikipedia: 'When an object comes into contact with the actuator, the device operates the contacts to make or break an electrical connection. 'When an object comes into contact with the actuator, the device operates the contacts to make or break an electrical connection.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_switch

'When a pair of contacts touch, they can pass an electrical current with a certain contact resistance. … When the contacts touch, the switch is closed; when the contacts are separated, the switch is open'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_contacts
(Please note that a contact set has always 2 or more contacts and compare the illustrations)

It's one of basic principles electric circuitry, and believe me, as electrical engineer I know this by heart. Tony is also engineer and would have confirmed this if he had seen my proposal before.