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DUMP SCALE [2 records]

Record 1 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The driveway is 52 ft. long, 16 ft. wide, with a 10-ton dump scale, arranged so that grain for milling or chopping can be delivered over the scale, and bulk chop delivered to the truck or wagon on the scale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage industriel
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

Commission du grain.

Key term(s)
  • balance à plateforme basculante

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
  • Trucking (Road Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
  • Camionnage
OBS

Lorsqu'un camion chargé de blé ne bascule pas par ses propres moyens, un dispositif élève le devant du camion, qui bascule et décharge son grain dans le puits.

Spanish

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