la cera perdida

English translation: lost wax

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Catalan term or phrase:la cera perdida
English translation:lost wax
Entered by: Irène Guinez

18:16 May 15, 2017
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / Ferreteria
Catalan term or phrase: la cera perdida
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Nuestro método de fabricación combina las técnicas de fundición en la arena, a la cera perdida o bien a coquilla.

Trabajamos con latón de primera calidad. Todo esto nos permite ofrecer un producto de altísima calidad, con unos acabados excelentes y un gran número de baños electrolíticos, desde los más tradicionales a los más actuales
Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 13:43
lost wax
Explanation:

lost-wax process | metal casting | Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/technology/lost-wax-process
Lost-wax process, also called cire-perdue, method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away.
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Françoise Vogel
Local time: 13:43
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lost wax


Explanation:

lost-wax process | metal casting | Britannica.com
https://www.britannica.com/technology/lost-wax-process
Lost-wax process, also called cire-perdue, method of metal casting in which a molten metal is poured into a mold that has been created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away.

Françoise Vogel
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Tony Isaac: You might want to add "casting"
14 hrs
  -> yes but we probably have it immediately before, associated with sand. :-)
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