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EARTH-MOVING PLANT [1 record]

Record 1 2000-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Earthmoving
DEF

(earth-moving plant) A vast variety of construction equipment, which includes various forms of dozers, excavators, scrapers, scarifiers, and graders. Oversize pneumatic tires, diesel engines, and hydraulic or compressed air servo devices have contributed greatly to advanced designs in this field.

DEF

(Earthmover) Any of a variety of construction machines designed to move or transport earth. Earthmovers include heavy-duty trucks with high-sided dump bodies, self-propelled or towed scrapers, wagons, and bulldozers.

CONT

earth-moving plant or muck-shifting plant, machinery such as bowl scrapers, dozers, dumpers, excavators, graders, loading shovels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Terrassement
CONT

[...] choix des engins de terrassement [...] Suivant leurs fonctions, les équipements peuvent être destinés à la fouille, à la charge, au transport, à la décharge, à l'étalement et au cylindrage.

CONT

L'une des particularités des machines de terrassement est leur emploi intermittent.

Spanish

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