reeny Sep 3, 2011:

Hi me again, just found this, http://jla.aip.org/resource/1/jlapen/v19/i3/p177_s1?isAuthor...

Maybe "chaine de rechargement" could just be translated as "Laser cladding characteristics"....?

reeny Sep 3, 2011:

Hello Carmy, I was thinking along the same lines as Chris, I don't believe it has anything to do with recharging/loading, it is the whole welding process, used frequently in aviation. Hope I have been of some help!

Reeny :)

Carmy Tutino (asker) Sep 3, 2011:

Here is more context:

Caractéristiques de la chaine de rechargement :

La chaine de rechargement devra assurer la qualité du volume rechargé en tout lieu du volume de travail du moyen en tenant compte des points non exhaustifs suivants :

La source laser

etc.

chris collister Sep 3, 2011:

Reeny may well be correct: see http://www.ilt.fraunhofer.de/eng/ilt/pdf/eng/products/LaserC... for example. The "chaîne de rechargement" would then be the whole system which makes the process work.

Carmy Tutino (asker) Sep 3, 2011:

Hi Reeny,

Thank you for your response. But what about 'chaine de rechargement'?

Kind regards,

Carmy

Carmy Tutino (asker) Aug 29, 2011:

Unfortunately, I don't have more text then the one I posted. I don't think it has to do with recharging. With regard to the laser beam, I believe it would be "laser beam build-up" and when it refers to metal, I believe it should be "hard-facing"but again I would need a confirmation.

chris collister Aug 29, 2011:

OK, more like "loading". But where does the laser come in, and what exactly is this machine doing?

Carmy Tutino (asker) Aug 29, 2011:

Here is the sentence after this heading:

Largeur minimum du rechargement = 1.2mm (pour les sections d’épaisseur 0.75mm) et 1.6mm pour les autres sections.

Le fournisseur fournira également à .... 20 éprouvettes rechargées (plans fournis sur demande) pour l’évaluation des caractéristiques mécaniques du rechargement.

Yes, I mean aircraft engines, although the text clearly says "construction of aviation motors."

chris collister Aug 29, 2011:

Could we please have more context! If "rechargement" comes up quite often, can you provide a sentence (or more) in which it does? My first guess is that this refers to a large laser for which a capacitor bank has to be charged before the laser "pump" will fire. In the context of aviation motors, is this for laser machining? Cutting? Measurement? What?

philgoddard Aug 29, 2011:

We need a lot more context. This sounds like a heading - what does it say underneath? What is being recharged? By aviation motor, do you mean aircraft engine?