Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

calibrazione (di ruote di autoveicoli)

Inglese translation:

alignment / balancing (of the wheels of a motor vehicle)

Added to glossary by Daniel Gold
Oct 30, 2008 01:51
15 yrs ago
1 viewer *
Italiano term

calibrazione (di ruote di autoveicoli)

Da Italiano a Inglese Tecnico/Meccanico Ingegneria (generale) Automotive engineering
Is this "alignment" in English? I've never heard the term and I lived in Italy 18 years.

Proposed translations

+1
3 ore
Selected

alignment / balancing (of the wheels of a motor vehicle)

There are two basic ways that you normally "adjust" or "calibrate" the wheels of a vehicle. Should fit your translation, unless it is a factory which makes the wheels. They are explained here:

Wheel alignment and Wheel Balancing are two totally different things, but many people often get them confused. In a nutshell, wheel alignment consists of adjusting the angles of the wheels so that they are perpendicular to the ground and parallel to each other. The purpose of these adjustments is maximum tire life and a vehicle that tracks straight and true when driving along a straight and level road. Wheel Balancing, on the other hand allows the tires and wheels to spin without causing any vibrations. This is accomplished by checking for any heavy spots on the wheel-tire combination and compensating for it by placing a measured lead weight on the opposite site of the wheel from where the heavy spot is.
Peer comment(s):

agree AeC2009 : that's it...
2 ore
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think alignment is better in most cases."
54 min

adjustment

calibrazione è un neologismo nato dall'italianizzazione del termine inglese calibration (che in realtà si traduce nell'italiano taratura), il termine inglese che identifica l'operazione descritta in questa voce è adjustment (spesso citato nelle normative internazionali). Nei testi italiani l'operazione è anche chiamata aggiustamento, regolazione o settaggio.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibrazione

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hora (2008-10-30 02:52:35 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

More examples:

US Patent 7219540 - Tire pressure adjustment system
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7219540.html

If a vehicle's horsepower and top speed are increased significantly, confirm that the required adjustments are made to the tire pressure and/or load conditions beyond the vehicle manufacturer's recommendations using the following charts.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7...
Something went wrong...
6 ore

calibration

"calibration" is a perfectly common word in English. Specifically referred to motor maintenance, it is also a common term. See here, for instance:

http://www.fiatforum.com/punto/103400-puntohgt-wheel-calibra...
Something went wrong...
7 ore

wheel dynamic balancing

se si tratta di equilibratura allora dato che viene fatta con ruota in movimento si tratta di "dynamic balancing"

se invece si tratta di verifica allineamento, verifica campanatura, ecc, direi "wheel alignment"


[PDF] Italiano
Formato file: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versione HTML
Dynamic Balance. TM. ruota perfettamente equilibrata durante la dinamica di rotazione ... semplice quanto geniale: bilanciare la massa del giunto ...
www.cicliadriatica.it/download/Catalogo Fulcrum Road 2008



1920 WHEEL ALIGNMENT EQUIPMENT
3370 BALANCING MACHINES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WHEELS
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Cerca un termine
  • Lavori
  • Forum
  • Multiple search