vis de dépotage

English translation: screw conveyor

13:09 Aug 18, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
French term or phrase: vis de dépotage
Treatment of VOCs

In a list of "best practices"

"...
-Fosses à déchets
-Vis de dépotage
-Chargement de réservoirs, cuves et citernes
..."

Dépotage is transfer (of a liquid), but what's this? Could it something to do with an Archimedes screw perhaps? Sorry about lack of context.
Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:27
English translation:screw conveyor
Explanation:
A search for "vis de dépotage" returns only 7 hits, indicating that it is not a common term. The search does return some pictures of what appear to be screw conveyors.
Very low confidence.
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 10:27
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Summary of answers provided
1 +3screw conveyor
Marco Solinas
3 -1vite de travaso
Raoul COLIN (X)


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
screw conveyor


Explanation:
A search for "vis de dépotage" returns only 7 hits, indicating that it is not a common term. The search does return some pictures of what appear to be screw conveyors.
Very low confidence.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 10:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd: dépotage : jargon du transport pour vider une citerne de produits liquides ou pulvérulents, ou pour décharger un camion de produits conditionnés.
2 hrs

agree  Zeineb Nalouti: dépotage est souvent désigné par : stripping/destuffing/unloading in transp. and logistics.
20 hrs

agree  B D Finch
1 day 1 hr
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
vite de travaso


Explanation:
depotage = généralement prélever une quantité dans un conteneur pour transvaser dans un conteneur/dans un récipient plus petit.
dépotage - travaso -- scarimento
Pompe de dépotage - bomba de travaso
vite di travaso

Raoul COLIN (X)
Local time: 18:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: Wrong language
19 hrs
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