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clamp arm [2 records]

Record 1 1987-11-27

English

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

The arms of the clamp that grip the load. These arms have smooth, ribbed, lined or studded faces, and can be fixed or pivoted, or may be shaped to fit the load being lifted.

OBS

clamp arm: STD-British Standards Institution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
CONT

Les bras de serrage sont munis de saillies appropriées (nervures, ondulations, piquants, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-06-25

English

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

The felling device is equipped with two fixed and two movable grapple arms (Teknik, No. 1E, 1975, p. 2).

CONT

Holding arms are controlled by two independent cylinders properly allowing for extreme tree taper (Kockums Ltd., Kockums, Logging News).

French

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

Chacun des deux membres de la pince de préhension qui saisissent l'arbre et le retiennent durant l'abattage ou le façonnage.

CONT

Tête d'abattage : elle comporte une cisaille et deux bras de préhension (Le machinisme forestier en matière d'abattage, Deuxième partie, dans : Courrier de l'exploitant et du scieur, no 6, 3e trimestre 1972, p. 2).

OBS

Suivant la position des bras l'un par rapport à l'autre, on parlera de bras de préhension inférieur ou supérieur. Certaines abatteuses comportent également des bras préhenseurs dont l'un est fixe (fixed ou stationary) et l'autre mobile (movable ou moving).

Spanish

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