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hammerhead crane [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
DEF

A jib crane with a load-handling device suspended either from a rigidly secured cantilever (a jib) or from a crab travelling along the cantilever.

CONT

Hammerhead cranes. These cranes are very large tower cranes. ... They are generally provided with a load trolley and various supplementary lifting units such as auxiliary trolleys and independent jib cranes, which run along the slewing cantilever (boom) at the top of a square tower.

OBS

cantilever crane: standardized by the British Standards Institution and ISO.

OBS

cantilever crane: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
DEF

Grue sur pylône avec une flèche horizontale, sur laquelle se déplace le chariot porte-charge, et une contre-flèche plus courte supportant un contrepoids, qui équilibre la flèche et une partie de la charge.

OBS

grue à potence : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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