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LIMBING CARRIAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

The KBL is equipped with a cable-driven, impact delimbing carriage which is capable of removing large limbs. [M.P. Folkema and P. Giguère, The Koehring Bunch Limber: Longer-Term Data Collection from Two Operations, April 1981, p. 14]

CONT

The operator places the tree in position and activates the limbing carriage which travels the 50' rail in approximately 5 seconds.[Koehring Canada Ltd, Koehring Bunch Limber]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Châssis mobile supportant les couteaux ébrancheurs et le mécanisme d'écimage et se déplaçant sur la flèche d'ébranchage le long du tronc de l'arbre.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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