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BOOM CRANE [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

A crane with a jib which may be rotated by turning gear and adjusted in the vertical plane.

DEF

A crane consisting of a bracket frame or a vertical post from which extends a horizontal arm, carrying a traveler or trolley on wheels from which the load is suspended.

CONT

The jib crane has an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.

OBS

Derricks and jib cranes are classified as fixed cranes.

Key term(s)
  • fixed crane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Grue avec une flèche qui peut être orientée par un mécanisme de rotation et dont l'apiquage dans un plan vertical peut être réglé.

Spanish

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