Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

galette

English translation:

pebble

Added to glossary by Rosalind Lobo
Oct 11, 2013 15:08
11 yrs ago
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French term

galette

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial part on a rotary lime kiln
Same job as my previous query - a Hazop report on the firing processes of rotary lime kilns, written by a Quebec-based engineer. The full entry (in the Hazop worksheet) is "porte à galette et motton ouverte". Would the galette be some sort of "cake" that's formed after the calcination? Again, many thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
3 pebble
2 -1 cake

Discussion

rachelha Oct 12, 2013:
Perhaps some type of brick or slab??
Rosalind Lobo (asker) Oct 12, 2013:
Unfortunately, I don't have any more text. The string of words "porte à galette et motton ouverte" is an item on a list, as it were. The only context I can give is that this is a translation about rotary lime kilns - it would appear that the galette is the form in which the lime product is deposited(?).
rachelha Oct 12, 2013:
Please can you provide more text. A galette can be a few diffreent things. Basically it is a pancake, disk, even spare tyre depending on the context.

Proposed translations

1 day 6 hrs
Selected

pebble

Quoted from:http://www.lime.org/lime_basics/faq.asp

Quicklime, however, is commercially available in a number of sizes (the following definitions are derived from ASTM Standard C51):
Large lump lime--a maximum of eight inches in diameter.
Crushed or pebble lime--ranging from about ¼ to 2 ½ inches.
Ground lime-- ¼ inches and smaller.
Pulverized lime--a typical size is substantially all passing a No. 20 sieve.
Pelletized lime--one inch sized pellets or briquettes, molded from fines.

and another reference:
http://www.lime.org/documents/lime_basics/NLA-how-lime-is-ma...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks! I did in fact use these sources for some of the other terminology in the job - somehow missed this connection."
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15 mins

cake

Cake and 'motton' crumbs. i.e. bits that have fallen off but still need to be removed through the door.
Peer comment(s):

disagree rachelha : Nope it's more of a pancake!
18 hrs
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