Nov 10, 2013 19:17
10 yrs ago
English term

Dry part

English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
In general, a drainage system is a set of equipment to recover the latent heat from the discharge drain in order to supply steam to the cylinder dryers and to dry the paper.
The temperature of saturated steam is determined by pressure. It has the physical property that the higher the pressure, the higher the temperature, and the lower the pressure, the lower the temperature.
Using this physical property to adjust the desirable drying rate in the ***drying section***, dryness as well as quality is controlled.

In the originala language they use "dry part," but in English is it better to use "drying section"?

Thank you for your help.
Responses
4 drying chamber or cylinder

Discussion

yoshimi (asker) Nov 12, 2013:
dryer section or drying section I googled Paper machine drying section and Paper machine dryer section.
And Paper machien dyring section hit 30,000 and Paper machine dryer section hit 60,000, I knew that a paper machine consits of forming section, press section, dryer section (drying section), and calernder section.
Teresa Reinhardt Nov 11, 2013:
Not sure how it would help to introduce another term that's not in the original (asker quoted "dry part"). Yes, I have seen this distinction used; it's quite common in paper/cardboard manufacturing. The issue here is one of (level of) generalization.
John Alphonse (X) Nov 11, 2013:
I do see "dry section" though, and perhaps this is what you meant but I was confused by your phrasing of dry part/wet part! :)
John Alphonse (X) Nov 11, 2013:
Teresa, can you show even one example of either "dry part" or "wet part" being used in technical text? "Parts drying" I have seen but I cannot render any examples of your generic layman's term you mention as being appropriate to keep in this manufacturing-related text.
Teresa Reinhardt Nov 11, 2013:
This refers to sections of the machine/system, making the distinction between "dry parts" and presumably, wet ones. This refers to the processes used and is a higher level [more general] term. IMO, the suggested answer is too specific [a lower category]
The suggested answer uses a term that is too specific.

Responses

52 mins

drying chamber or cylinder

Declined
I would go for being more specific than secion, although it is not incorrect. Chamber would be my first choice as the reader is already informed of the cylindrical nature of the apparatus. But either would be perfectly fine.

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Note added at 21 hrs (2013-11-11 16:36:57 GMT)
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Sure, check on the specifics and if appropriate use the suggested terms perhaps, and if not, stick with "section" as it would be standard use in the absence of a more descriptive context.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Teresa Reinhardt : I would not change the level of specificity w/o having more context
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