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Acier électrozingué de 3 mm d'épaisseur type "L + Z"

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French term or phrase:Acier électrozingué de 3 mm d'épaisseur type "L + Z"
English translation:profile
Entered by: Adam Thomson

09:12 Jun 19, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / company description for catalogue
French term or phrase: Acier électrozingué de 3 mm d'épaisseur type "L + Z"
Company product brochure, describing door embrasure frame that has characteristics, including this one

". . .ébrasement en acier électrozingué de 3 mm d'épaisseur type "L + Z". . ."

What do the "L" and the "Z" refer to? Do you think it's the profile of the rolled section? Insights please. Thanks as always.
Adam Thomson
Local time: 10:07
profile
Explanation:
I should think. Exactly which way the L bends relative to the Z I cannot say, but either way it will give plenty of mating and sealing faces for the door to close against.

Personally I would talk of the REVEAL or JAMB rather than EMBRASURE (which makes me think of fortifications, be they quadrangular or not, and lines of fire). Check out definitions and see what you think.

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Note added at 12 hrs 36 mins (2004-06-19 21:48:12 GMT)
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Imagine an L on its back followed by a right-angled Z :
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____l l___

(where the top bar should be resting on the two ells)
The door closes against the \"hump\" in the middle.

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Note added at 12 hrs 37 mins (2004-06-19 21:49:46 GMT)
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Well, that didn\"t work, did it!
Move the top bar a few spaces to the right, and move the two uprights apart from each other to get the general picture. I guess another way of saying it would be \"omega section\".
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 11:07
Grading comment
Thank you, Bourth - also thanks to Dusty
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Acier électrozingué de 3 mm d'épaisseur type
profile


Explanation:
I should think. Exactly which way the L bends relative to the Z I cannot say, but either way it will give plenty of mating and sealing faces for the door to close against.

Personally I would talk of the REVEAL or JAMB rather than EMBRASURE (which makes me think of fortifications, be they quadrangular or not, and lines of fire). Check out definitions and see what you think.

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Note added at 12 hrs 36 mins (2004-06-19 21:48:12 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Imagine an L on its back followed by a right-angled Z :
__
____l l___

(where the top bar should be resting on the two ells)
The door closes against the \"hump\" in the middle.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 12 hrs 37 mins (2004-06-19 21:49:46 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Well, that didn\"t work, did it!
Move the top bar a few spaces to the right, and move the two uprights apart from each other to get the general picture. I guess another way of saying it would be \"omega section\".

Bourth (X)
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 188
Grading comment
Thank you, Bourth - also thanks to Dusty

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, to both points. I imagine the 'Z' as in fact a sort of double 'L' , which would seem useful if constructing a door frame!
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