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TOPPING UNIT [2 records]

Record 1 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Distillation
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
CONT

To construct and operate a world-scale crude oil topping unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distillation du pétrole
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-10

English

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

(The topping knife) was replaced later by a topping device that could handle 14 inches (35.6 cm) and trim larger broken tops (L.H. Powell et G. St-Jean, Trial of Osa 670 Feller Buncher and Osa 705 Processor in British Columbia, June 1979, p. 4).

French

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

Dispositif comportant un couteau, une scie à chaîne, une scie circulaire ou une cisaille et servant à écimer automatiquement l'arbre qui vient d'être ébranché jusqu'au diamètre limite.

CONT

Une fois ébranché jusqu'à un diamètre de 8 cm, l'arbre est automatiquement étêté par le dispositif d'écimage.

Spanish

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