Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

équipements de tension

English translation:

prestressing equipment

Added to glossary by kashew
Jan 31, 2012 17:20
12 yrs ago
French term

équipements de tension

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) High Speed Rail Construction Tender
Conception moules, équipements de tension, centrale à béton, équipements de laboratoire…..

This appears in a list of works required for a major tender - for the supply of a large number of concrete sleepers to be used on a new HS rail link.

I am thinking of 'tension' here as being more likely to refer to tensioning/stress than anything to do with electricity (although electricity is mentioned), but it is not clear from the context.....

Here is some of the context preceding the line above:

Terrassement, voirie, réseaux de l’usine et des aires de stockage
Travaux de construction des ateliers de l’usine et locaux annexes, des zones de stockage.
Travaux d’assainissement de l’Usine et de drainage des eaux pluviales
Clôture de l’usine
Raccordement aux différents réseaux (électricité et eau) 
L’amenée et le montage du matériel et équipement de l’usine :
***Conception moules, équipements de tension, centrale à béton, équipements de laboratoire…****
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 prestressing equipment
Change log

Feb 15, 2012 17:46: kashew Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+4
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prestressing equipment

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Note added at 18 minutes (2012-01-31 17:38:45 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree chris collister : Most likely for prestressed sleepers: after all, this is for making them, not necessarily testing them.
12 mins
Quite
agree B D Finch
22 mins
Thanks
agree narasimha (X)
8 hrs
agree atche84
17 hrs
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