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boraciatura

English translation: borax coating

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Italian term or phrase:boraciatura
English translation:borax coating
Entered by: Colin Ryan (X)

12:23 Apr 30, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Italian term or phrase: boraciatura
Only context I have is a process flow diagram for a wire-drawing production system. The label on this part of the diagram is

PREPARAZIONE VERGELLA (scrostatura e ___boraciatura___)

which I have translated as

ROD PREPARATION (stripping and... ?)
Colin Ryan (X)
Local time: 00:36
borax coating
Explanation:
Borax is one of the lubricant options for the wire drawing process

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-04-30 12:41:25 GMT)
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"Wire Rod Descaling & Precoating
a. All wire rod (raw material) must be de-scaled to remove the mill scale (iron oxides) present on the steel surface. This descaling process is done either chemically (most common) or mechanically.
b. After the mill scale has been removed, the wire rod is then coated with a textured carrier coating that promotes lubricant adherence during the subsequent wire drawing process. The most commonly used carrier coating is Zinc Phosphate (ZnPO4) but other coatings are sometimes used (specialized polymers, borax, lime, etc.)."
From: www.sumidenwire.com/prod/pc/process/Strand Production Proce...


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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-30 15:27:24 GMT)
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Re-boriding/borax

I am not sure whether there is a mistake in the glossaries Consuelo refers to (the 2 seem to have the same basis), but I do not think boriding is right in this context. Boriding (or boronizing) introduces boron into the surface and hardens it (rather like nitriding). This could be very useful for wire drawing tooling - giving extra wear resistance - but not for the wire. Borax though is commonly applied to the surface of the rods before they are drawn, acting as a wire drawing lubricant.

The word itself appears more likely to be based on borax (borace) than boron (boro) too.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-30 15:33:01 GMT)
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Try this:

Enter:
"wire drawing" boronizing
or
"wire drawing" boriding

to see what comes up. What I see is references to treatments for the wire drawing dies.
Selected response from:

BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 17:36
Grading comment
Thank you kind sir.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4borax coating
BristolTEc
3boriding
Consuelo Castellari


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
boriding


Explanation:
http://www.trafilatura.com/glossario/gtm.htm
http://www.mazzoleni.it/glo,it.htm

Consuelo Castellari
Italy
Local time: 00:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gian: http://www.mazzoleni.it/glo,it.htm#B
59 mins
disagree  BristolTEc: Sorry to disagree. I see that boraciatura is translated in this glossary as "boriding", but this seems to me to be an error, or perhaps is correct in other contexts. Boriding is a process to harden the surface - useful for the tooling, but not the wire.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
borax coating


Explanation:
Borax is one of the lubricant options for the wire drawing process

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 17 mins (2007-04-30 12:41:25 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

"Wire Rod Descaling & Precoating
a. All wire rod (raw material) must be de-scaled to remove the mill scale (iron oxides) present on the steel surface. This descaling process is done either chemically (most common) or mechanically.
b. After the mill scale has been removed, the wire rod is then coated with a textured carrier coating that promotes lubricant adherence during the subsequent wire drawing process. The most commonly used carrier coating is Zinc Phosphate (ZnPO4) but other coatings are sometimes used (specialized polymers, borax, lime, etc.)."
From: www.sumidenwire.com/prod/pc/process/Strand Production Proce...


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-30 15:27:24 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Re-boriding/borax

I am not sure whether there is a mistake in the glossaries Consuelo refers to (the 2 seem to have the same basis), but I do not think boriding is right in this context. Boriding (or boronizing) introduces boron into the surface and hardens it (rather like nitriding). This could be very useful for wire drawing tooling - giving extra wear resistance - but not for the wire. Borax though is commonly applied to the surface of the rods before they are drawn, acting as a wire drawing lubricant.

The word itself appears more likely to be based on borax (borace) than boron (boro) too.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 hrs (2007-04-30 15:33:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Try this:

Enter:
"wire drawing" boronizing
or
"wire drawing" boriding

to see what comes up. What I see is references to treatments for the wire drawing dies.

BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 17:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Thank you kind sir.
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