Säikeisyys

English translation: Stranding

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Finnish term or phrase:Säikeisyys
English translation:Stranding
Entered by: Arja Whiteside (X)

14:53 Aug 29, 2011
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Kytkentä-/asennusjohtimen ominaisuus
Finnish term or phrase: Säikeisyys
Mikä tämä termi virallisesti on? Kyseessä on johdinten ominaisuuksia esittelevä tuotetaulukko. Tässä kohdan asiayhteys: "Säikeisyys lkm x Ø mm". Toistaiseksi olen kääntänyt Strand make-up...
Jarkko Latvala
Finland
Local time: 07:50
Stranding
Explanation:
strand
One of a number of steel wires twisted together to form a wire rope or cable

But Strand make-up is OK.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-08-30 07:41:03 GMT)
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Conductor Properties

A conductor is a wire suitable for carrying an electric current.
A stranded conductor is a conductor composed of a group of wires or of any combination of groups of wires. The wires in a stranded conductor are usually twisted together and not insulated from each other. A cable is either a stranded conductor (single-conductor cable) or a combination of conductors insulated from one another (multiple-conductor cable). The term "cable" is a general one and usually applies only to the larger sizes of conductors. A small cable is more often called a stranded wire or
cord (such as that used for an iron or a lamp cord). Cables may be bare or insulated. Insulated cables may be sheathed (covered) with lead, or protective armor. Conductors are stranded mainly to increase their flexibility. The wire strands in cables are arranged in the following order:

The first layer of strands around the center conductor is made up of six conductors. The second layer is made up of 12 additional conductors. The third layer is made up of 18 additional conductors, and so on. Thus, standard cables are composed of 7, 19, and 37 strands, in continuing fixed increments. The overall flexibility can be increased by further stranding of the individual strands.
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Arja Whiteside (X)
Local time: 07:50
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Kiitoksia, tämähän se vastaus taitaa olla. Tässä nimenomaisessa kohdassa menin tosin tuolla omalla ehdotuksellani.
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5Stranding
Arja Whiteside (X)
4Number of strands x diameter
Hannele Marttila


  

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Number of strands x diameter


Explanation:
So, number of strands in the cable and their diameter. Don't know whether there is an English specific word for this. Also called johdinluku, see http://www.auser.fi/data/attachments/Kaapelit_tarvikkeet_ATE...
which translates to wire (johdin) and number of (lkm lukumäärä), the symbol indicating diameter. Strand make-up is pretty good.

Hannele Marttila
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Kiitoksia avusta, näinhän se tietysti on. Rakenteellisista syistä tosin tätä en voinut käyttää, koska säikeisyyden piti löytyä myös erikseen.

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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Stranding


Explanation:
strand
One of a number of steel wires twisted together to form a wire rope or cable

But Strand make-up is OK.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-08-30 07:41:03 GMT)
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Conductor Properties

A conductor is a wire suitable for carrying an electric current.
A stranded conductor is a conductor composed of a group of wires or of any combination of groups of wires. The wires in a stranded conductor are usually twisted together and not insulated from each other. A cable is either a stranded conductor (single-conductor cable) or a combination of conductors insulated from one another (multiple-conductor cable). The term "cable" is a general one and usually applies only to the larger sizes of conductors. A small cable is more often called a stranded wire or
cord (such as that used for an iron or a lamp cord). Cables may be bare or insulated. Insulated cables may be sheathed (covered) with lead, or protective armor. Conductors are stranded mainly to increase their flexibility. The wire strands in cables are arranged in the following order:

The first layer of strands around the center conductor is made up of six conductors. The second layer is made up of 12 additional conductors. The third layer is made up of 18 additional conductors, and so on. Thus, standard cables are composed of 7, 19, and 37 strands, in continuing fixed increments. The overall flexibility can be increased by further stranding of the individual strands.


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Arja Whiteside (X)
Local time: 07:50
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Kiitoksia, tämähän se vastaus taitaa olla. Tässä nimenomaisessa kohdassa menin tosin tuolla omalla ehdotuksellani.
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