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augermobile [1 record]

Record 1 2000-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Other less efficient and less common means of unloading box cars involve augermobiles, front-end loaders and power shovels. The augermobile is a large powered screw auger which moves the grain from a stationary car into an unloading pit in about eight minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

D'autres méthodes moins efficaces et moins courantes utilisées pour le déchargement des wagons couverts font appel à des déchargeurs mobiles à vis sans fin, des chouleurs et des pelles mécaniques. Le déchargeur à vis sans fin est une machine qui transfère le grain d'un wagon immobilisé dans une fosse de déchargement, en 8 minutes environ.

Spanish

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