Feb 21, 2023 09:45
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French term

contre coupe

French to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Technical manual for a sophisticated cheese-cutter machine, involving a conveyor belt, etc.

"Capteurs contre coupe"

"Contre coupe"

"Un sabre de contre coupe"

"MODE MANUEL
Ce mode devra être protégé par un code d’accès.
Il permettra au technicien de vérifier tous les mouvements.
Prévoir pour la coupe une position basse, qui permet de régler facilement la sonotrode sur le sabre de contre coupe."

In a conveyor context, it appears that "sabre" is "nose bar". Naturally my first thought was "counter-cutter"... but the problem is that nothing seems to come up when I search on e.g. "convoyeur contre coupe" or "conveyor counter-cutter".

Incidentally, the word "coupe" also occurs hundreds of times: which I think translates as "cutter".

Needs a specialist I fear... any cheese chopping machine experts out there?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 cutter bar

Discussion

Tony M Feb 21, 2023:
@ Asker I don't think 'cutter' is going to fit in many places — to me, 'contre coupe' here is being used to qualify some other, possibly implicit item. I think you might do better to start off from 'counter-cutting...' and then try and figure out what the implied noun might be! I'd guess 'sabre de contre-coupe' would be 'counter-cutting knife' — though I suspect there is probably a specific term in the biz.

Proposed translations

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cutter bar

I suspect you're looking at the plastic (or similar) bar a knife or guillotine blade comes into contact with when it completes its cutting action. Of course French execution guillotines and samurai warriors have no need for such things when lopping off heads because they carry through with their stroke, but in food processing this might cause chaos, not least rough edges on the cheese.
Imagine rather this cutter bar as the chopping block on which you split your wood or, as Henry VIII might prefer, on which you place your wife's neck.
I imagine the sonontrode thingy causes the bar to vibrate slightly, causing a 'sawing' action to ensure the cheese is cut right through.

In the photo below you will see a white plastic cutter bar espousing the curvature of the conveyor belt and thus forming a sharp edge at the top, which could easily cause the French to call this bar a sabre. And it IS a nose bar, albeit one with an ulterior purpose.

La CONTRE COUPE de précision garantit une COUPE DE PREMIÈRE QUALITÉ. La technique de coupe assistée par laser assure la bonne taille des cubes et évite la découpe de petits morceaux.
https://www.hellopro.fr/cubeuse-a-fromages-treif-caseus-2000...

Le CADRE DE CONTRE-COUPE DÉMONTABLE ainsi que l’utilisation d‘un couteau long tranchant assurent une découpe parfaite de vos produits.
https://www.treif.de/pool/flyer-ab-januar-2020/fr/flyer-puma...

BARRES DE CONTRE-COUPE
Nous fournissons des barres de contre-coupe pour tous les types de machines courantes.
https://www.tkmgroup.com/fr/barres-de-contre-coupe

CUTTING BARS FOR CROSS-CUTTING
TKM Cutting bars for cross-cutting are available for the following machine types:
https://www.tkmgroup.com/en/cross-cutting


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You will also find barre de contre-coupe said of static bars in shredders, i.e. a mating part against which a rotary cutter will exert cutting pressure on branches, etc., only without contact between the two cutting parts.

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Here's another cutter bar, this time between two belts.
Screen shot from video at https://www.sodevamerica.com/cheese-slicing/
Note from asker:
Fantastic, thanks! You must have been a cheese cutting machine technician in a previous life.
Peer comment(s):

agree liz askew
35 mins
agree Anastasia Kalantzi
4 hrs
agree Ilian DAVIAUD
5 hrs
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Reference comments

39 mins
Reference:

only finding

MULTIPLY CONVEYOR BELTS WITH TRANSVERSAL STEEL ...
https://www.sig.it › doc
PDF
BANDE TRANSPORTEUSE MULTI-PLIS ... The above graphic shows the differences in cutting ...*** en plus, une plus haute resistance contre coupes***,.

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i.e. cut proof/cut resistant


Also, am unable to find any online equivalents of your text


https://www.google.com/search?q=cut-resistant conveyor belt&...
Peer comments on this reference comment:

disagree Tony M : Sadly, that is 'contre coupe', and refer to its ability to withstand cutting
13 mins
I know, but this is all could find.
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