NF

English translation: normal format

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Spanish term or phrase:NF
English translation:normal format
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

21:05 Oct 8, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Bricks
Spanish term or phrase: NF
In a text from Spain for translation to British English. Describing brickworks production moving on kiln cars through dryers and firing kilns:

"La producción nominal es de 30.000.000 NF/año (unas 325 tn/día) de varios formatos macizos, perforados y termoarcilla."

So 30 million NF in a year is equivalent to 325 tonnes/day... What does that make an NF
BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 13:38
NF > normal format
Explanation:
Performances - Equip Ceramic
www.equipceramic.com/en/performances.html
Products: Standard perforated facing bricks, solid bricks and thermal ... factory with a production capacity of 140,000 tons/year of fired products operating 3 shifts day, ... Products: 1 NF and 1,4 NF chamfered perforated bricks, 1 NF solid bricks.

Stroykeramika - Equip Ceramic
www.equipceramic.com/en/performances/stroykeramika-en.html
Products: 1 NF and 1,4 NF chamfered perforated bricks, 1 NF solid bricks. Location: Novosibirsk. The factory was founded in 1988 and the technology it was ...

Soft-mud bricks - Klinkerwerke HW Muhr GmbH & CO. KG
www.klinkerwerke-muhr.de/en/product-inf-soft-mud-bricks.htm...
Our soft-mud bricks „as made by hand“ are true solid bricks with an ... Our soft-mud bricks consist solely of fired clay with an extremely high pore space ... Masonry mass (standard size of 12,5 cm): Normal format (NF), „Reich“ format (RF), Thin ...

Clinker
www.klinkerwerke-muhr.de/en/product-information-clinker.htm...
The original clinker from the Niederlausitz are solid and perforated clinker with an ... They are fired with 1150 – 1200°C ( 2102 – 2192 ° Fahrenheit) until sintering. .... 240/115/71. 3,00. 48. NF. Normal format half soft-mud bricks. 240/55/71. 2,00.

ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ...
www.wienerberger.no/epd-bratsberg-tegl.html
Mar 3, 2014 - brick represents both solid and perforated bricks. These are all extruded ... Normal format NF, perforated; 226 x 104 x 60 mm. Normal format NF ...

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Full text of "Masonry Construction Manual" - Internet Archive
https://archive.org/stream/.../Masonry_Construction_Manual_d...
Solid and vertically perforated engineering bricks are frost-resistant bricks whose ...... ***normal format NF (240 x 115 x 71 mm)*** form the basic modules for brick and ...

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Thank you.
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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:38
Grading comment
Many thanks. Confirmed by client.
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Summary of answers provided
5tamaño normal
Liliana Lopez
2 +1NF > normal format
Taña Dalglish


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tamaño normal


Explanation:
See the link please.

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Actually the valid translation is NORMAL SIZE...


    Reference: http://www.amazon.es/Ladrillos-tama%C3%B1o-est%C3%A1ndar-Cer...
Liliana Lopez
Brazil
Local time: 15:38
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
NF > normal format


Explanation:
Performances - Equip Ceramic
www.equipceramic.com/en/performances.html
Products: Standard perforated facing bricks, solid bricks and thermal ... factory with a production capacity of 140,000 tons/year of fired products operating 3 shifts day, ... Products: 1 NF and 1,4 NF chamfered perforated bricks, 1 NF solid bricks.

Stroykeramika - Equip Ceramic
www.equipceramic.com/en/performances/stroykeramika-en.html
Products: 1 NF and 1,4 NF chamfered perforated bricks, 1 NF solid bricks. Location: Novosibirsk. The factory was founded in 1988 and the technology it was ...

Soft-mud bricks - Klinkerwerke HW Muhr GmbH & CO. KG
www.klinkerwerke-muhr.de/en/product-inf-soft-mud-bricks.htm...
Our soft-mud bricks „as made by hand“ are true solid bricks with an ... Our soft-mud bricks consist solely of fired clay with an extremely high pore space ... Masonry mass (standard size of 12,5 cm): Normal format (NF), „Reich“ format (RF), Thin ...

Clinker
www.klinkerwerke-muhr.de/en/product-information-clinker.htm...
The original clinker from the Niederlausitz are solid and perforated clinker with an ... They are fired with 1150 – 1200°C ( 2102 – 2192 ° Fahrenheit) until sintering. .... 240/115/71. 3,00. 48. NF. Normal format half soft-mud bricks. 240/55/71. 2,00.

ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION ...
www.wienerberger.no/epd-bratsberg-tegl.html
Mar 3, 2014 - brick represents both solid and perforated bricks. These are all extruded ... Normal format NF, perforated; 226 x 104 x 60 mm. Normal format NF ...

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Note added at 27 mins (2015-10-08 21:33:04 GMT)
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Full text of "Masonry Construction Manual" - Internet Archive
https://archive.org/stream/.../Masonry_Construction_Manual_d...
Solid and vertically perforated engineering bricks are frost-resistant bricks whose ...... ***normal format NF (240 x 115 x 71 mm)*** form the basic modules for brick and ...

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Note added at 7 days (2015-10-16 17:13:27 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Many thanks. Confirmed by client.

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