Knife Drop Plate

French translation: plaque de réglage (en hauteur) des socs

13:19 Jan 2, 2024
English to French translations [PRO]
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
English term or phrase: Knife Drop Plate
Hi all and happy new year,

I am translating a Chisel Plow manual and came across this term

Knife Drop Plate-to-Standard Cap Screws

The TM says

Vis entre plaque et étançon de gouttelette de couteau, which is obviously wrong, plaque de goutellette de couteau doesn't mean anything...

There is also

Knife Drop Bracket, Right-Hand

In the TM, it is translated as

Support de gouttelette de couteau droit


Any help appreciated

Thanks in advance
alex.saviano
France
Local time: 05:55
French translation:plaque de réglage (en hauteur) des socs
Explanation:
A chisel plough is one with blades or tynes effectively reminiscent of knives, and in some cases scimitars. They don't turn soil over as mouldboard ploughs do, they simply disturb/break up the soil, pull out/sever small roots, dislodge stones, etc.

Some call the tynes, or socs in French, 'knives'.

I'm assuming the 'drop plate' is similar to the attachment going by the same name used to adjust the height of a towing ball or other hitch at the back of a vehicle, so plaque de réglage/ajustement (en hauteur).

Low confidence, however, because we don't really have a lot of context to go on, because I'm not an agricultural specialist, and because I don't see how this ties in the rest of the term, -to-Standard Cap Screws.

Some sentences before and after might help, if you have them.
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5surface à tête basse
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surface à tête basse


Explanation:
- Equivalent to : "Low Head Cap Screws - Plate-to-Standard"
- "Knife Drop Plate-to-Standard Cap Screws" means in french:
"Vis de chapeau à tête basse (ou à surface pointé)"

- Meaning of "Knife drop point":
[Eng] Is characterized by a convex-shaped, sloping spine and a lowered point / [Fr] Caractérisé par une forme convexe, une épine incliné et un

Ex: In some knives shapes, the point is lower than the center spine of the knife coming out from the handle, generally dropping in the final third of the blade.

EL MOKHTAR EL MARJANI
Morocco
Local time: 04:55
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neutral  liz askew: still doesn't make sense. I can find no references to "low head cap screws"!
1 hr
  -> A pleasure to respond to your question. This is a technical term (Referring to mechanics). You can visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_point if we can consider it a reference to just make an idea. (I recommend to search in a specialized dictionnary)
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knife drop plate
plaque de réglage (en hauteur) des socs


Explanation:
A chisel plough is one with blades or tynes effectively reminiscent of knives, and in some cases scimitars. They don't turn soil over as mouldboard ploughs do, they simply disturb/break up the soil, pull out/sever small roots, dislodge stones, etc.

Some call the tynes, or socs in French, 'knives'.

I'm assuming the 'drop plate' is similar to the attachment going by the same name used to adjust the height of a towing ball or other hitch at the back of a vehicle, so plaque de réglage/ajustement (en hauteur).

Low confidence, however, because we don't really have a lot of context to go on, because I'm not an agricultural specialist, and because I don't see how this ties in the rest of the term, -to-Standard Cap Screws.

Some sentences before and after might help, if you have them.

Bourth
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Reference: see

Reference information:
https://avspare.com/catalog/case/67599/66247/1155564/#google...


KNIFE PLATE

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https://wiesetillage.com/product/a50h104x/

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plaque = plate



I imagine that "Drop" refers to the knife when lowered down?


Can't actually find your reference though on any En site


Is this a translation or is it originally English?

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Note added at   3 godz. (2024-01-02 17:16:53 GMT)
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ah!

hmm, why can't I find your phrase then.

The whole time I was searching I thought "maybe they mean blade?".


see:

https://www.stanmakmachine.com/product/chisel-plough-11-blad...




otherwise, I would get back to the client/author

This is by no means easy. Mind you, I am no expert on ploughs/plows!!

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no, they do mean "fertilizer knife"

https://www.nicholstillagetools.com/ECommerce/category/ferti...

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https://www.lagriculteur.fr/autres-pieces-de-semoir/15995-pr...

Bride de couteau pour engrais liquide

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plaquette = plate?

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https://fr.made-in-china.com/co_sunshinecarbide/product_Farm...

Couteau d′engrais de machines agricoles

liz askew
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Asker: It’s original English


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