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TRACTOR-TRAILER TRACKLESS TRAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
CONT

... trailer trains consist of a single powered tractor with one or more four-wheeled carts attached. These usually follow a specific route covering a number of loading and unloading stations and are particularly useful where the flows of packaged materials are large and continuous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

Caractéristiques des tracteurs industriels (...) Dans la pratique courante les modèles à retenir sont les tracteurs électriques ou thermiques donnant des efforts au crochet de l'ordre de 1 500 daN [décaNewtons] qui permettent de tirer des trains de remorques non freinées d'un poids total de 10 à 15 tonnes sur bon sol plan.

Spanish

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