Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
application du développeur
English translation:
the application of the developer
French term
United States
Very fast turnaround
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
application du développeur
Si le développeur est du type “à sec”, il peut être appliqué à l’aide d’une petite pompe en caoutchouc.
L'application doit être effectuée de façon à obtenir un voile fin et uniforme.
Le contrôle des indications possibles doit être effectué au fur et à mesure que le développeur sèche et le jugement des indications ne doit pas être évalué avant 7 minutes et après 30 minutes
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Claire Nolan
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May 18, 2010 10:12: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
May 18, 2010 11:39: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "Application du développeur" to "application du développeur" , "Field (specific)" from "Petroleum Eng/Sci" to "Metallurgy / Casting" , "Field (write-in)" from "matalurgy" to "(none)"
May 23, 2010 11:15: Claire Nolan Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
the application of the developer
The role of the developer is to pull the trapped penetrant material out of defects and spread it out on the surface of the part so it can be seen by an inspector.
Dry developers are white, fluffy powders that can be applied to a thoroughly dry surface in a number of ways.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-18 11:22:46 GMT)
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From the same source as above:
Nonaqueous developers suspend the developer in a volatile solvent and are typically applied with a spray gun. Nonaqueous developers are commonly distributed in aerosol spray cans for portability.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-18 11:29:36 GMT)
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Note: this answer pertains to quality control (detection of defects). Is that what your document deals with?
Discussion
http://www.weldprocedures.com/inspection.html
(short section on penetrant testing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye_penetrant_inspection
In this one, they even talk about 'application of the developer'!
Hope these help!
My pleasure to have helped you! I agree that that reference concerning radiography and petroleum pipes was very close to your question. Some of the terminology must have been similar.
No time now, but will try to find something later.