QPM

French translation: collecteur à 4 ports

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English term or phrase:QPM > quadra-port manifold
French translation:collecteur à 4 ports
Entered by: Tony M

15:58 Dec 21, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-12-24 18:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


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Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Air Dryer
English term or phrase: QPM
Hi,

I'm looking for the translation of a term: "QPM", it seems it's a part of an air dryer.
I find it in that sentence: "Unscrew QPM retaining bolts" and I really can't find what it is.

And I found it in another document:
"12,000 hour service kits contain:
Desiccant cartridges
QPM to tower o-rings
QPM to valve block o-ring"

I am looking for its translation in French. Could you help me?
Coline Roux
France
Local time: 12:29
collecteur à 4 ports
Explanation:
If you look at item #5 on p 6 of this document, it is written out in full and you can even see just what it is:

http://www.quincycompressor.com/QMOD_00045-00365_Manual.pdf

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Note added at 25 mins (2011-12-21 16:23:58 GMT)
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Readily found, 5th place on the first page of Google results for QPM = "air dryer"

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-12-21 16:25:33 GMT)
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This same document does later mention QPM, and also O-rings etc., so I think it is a perfectly reasonable assumption they are referring to the same thing; the 'manifold' recurs quite a lot in the doc. as a whole, it is clearly a key component!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 12:29
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup, ça colle parfaitement !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3collecteur à 4 ports
Tony M
5 -1maïs à protéines de qualité
Merline


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
QPM = quadra port manifold
collecteur à 4 ports


Explanation:
If you look at item #5 on p 6 of this document, it is written out in full and you can even see just what it is:

http://www.quincycompressor.com/QMOD_00045-00365_Manual.pdf

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Note added at 25 mins (2011-12-21 16:23:58 GMT)
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Readily found, 5th place on the first page of Google results for QPM = "air dryer"

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-12-21 16:25:33 GMT)
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This same document does later mention QPM, and also O-rings etc., so I think it is a perfectly reasonable assumption they are referring to the same thing; the 'manifold' recurs quite a lot in the doc. as a whole, it is clearly a key component!

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 412
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup, ça colle parfaitement !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: plausible
7 mins
  -> Merci, Gilles !

agree  Proelec: BINGO ! C'est bien cela.
22 mins
  -> Merci, P/E !

agree  Daniel Marquis: On utilise très bien MANIFOLD aussi, ainsi que ORIFICES.
38 mins
  -> Merci, Daniel !
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
qpm en>fr
maïs à protéines de qualité


Explanation:
QPM = Quality Protein Maize = Maïs à protéines de qualité


Agriculture Business Week
http://www.agribusinessweek.com/category/corn-maize/

Maïs à protéines de qualité
http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0395F/T0395F03.htm


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Note added at 35 minutes (2011-12-21 16:34:17 GMT)
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Oups... désolée, je vois que j'étais dans les patates!

Merline
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  FX Fraipont (X): oui, mais pas dans la liste de composants d'un séchoir ...
2 mins

disagree  Tony M: But how could that possibly fit in Asker's context, which appears to be talking about some kind of mechanical component?
3 mins
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