plancher de chauffe

English translation: firing floor

10:07 Sep 25, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
French term or phrase: plancher de chauffe
More cement plant fun! Maintenance of refractory linings of a (presumably large) kiln, etc.

"Décroûtage de l’ensemble du four et évacuation du croûtage jusqu’aux camions bennes (de votre fourniture) via la trémie goulotte du plancher de chauffe."

"...
Des audits sécurités seront régulièrement effectués par des auditeurs XXX habilités.
Ascenseur tour : respect de la charge maximale de matériel ou de matériaux 800 kg.
Stockage maximum des palettes sur le plancher de chauffe et dans les étages de la Tour :
2 niveaux de palette
Aire de levage sur le plancher de chauffe: l’opération doit être effectuée à 2 personnes minimum (1 personne au plancher de chauffe et 1 personne au rez de chaussée en surveillance de la zone de manutention qui doit être balisée)"

There's something similar here : https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/ships-sailing-m... ... but that's for a different term and a naval context.

The tour probably belongs to the kiln.

It's probably something predictable like "heating floor". It's obviously above the ground floor.
Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:26
English translation:firing floor
Explanation:
It looks like this is called the firing floor. Below this is where there is a conveyer/chute that takes the clinker through a rapid cooling area so this would make sense that the crust is carried out that way. It seems to be the floor as in the level that the firing takes place rather than e.g. the floor of a furnace.

For a photo, see firing floors of Wilmington kilns 3 and 4
https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/ck_firing.html

This diagram shows how the crust would be transported out (just as the clinker would be taken out when it was operating normally)

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-schematic-and-contro...

also referenced here

https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cooler_rotary.html
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Althea Draper
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firing floor


Explanation:
It looks like this is called the firing floor. Below this is where there is a conveyer/chute that takes the clinker through a rapid cooling area so this would make sense that the crust is carried out that way. It seems to be the floor as in the level that the firing takes place rather than e.g. the floor of a furnace.

For a photo, see firing floors of Wilmington kilns 3 and 4
https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/ck_firing.html

This diagram shows how the crust would be transported out (just as the clinker would be taken out when it was operating normally)

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-schematic-and-contro...

also referenced here

https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cooler_rotary.html


Example sentence(s):
  • The clinker fell into a rotary cooler below the firing floor.
  • The control panels were therefore located on the firing floor

    https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/kiln_design.html
    https://www.cementkilns.co.uk/ck_firing.html
Althea Draper
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5 hrs
Reference: Semi-reliable technical dictionary

Reference information:
chauffe = fire chamber of furnace [steel production], body of furnace

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-25 15:59:46 GMT)
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Reliability backed up by CNRTL:

chauff = [metallurgy, rare] four, partie d'un four; partie du four où brûle le combustible

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-25 16:00:55 GMT)
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And a little closer to your term, in the Académie's ninth edition:

surface de chauffe = partie d'un appareil qui est en contact avec la source de chaleur.

Thomas Miles
France
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