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PUSHER BLOCK [1 record]

Record 1 1980-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

A pusher block is merely a short, sometimes pivoted load transfer bumper mounted on front of the tractor. It is at the right height to contact the rear of a scraper (...) earthmoving unit. Then the pusher tractor can help give more power for the loading of a scraper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

(...) [Pour la méthode du chargement assisté;] on utilise un tracteur indépendant (le pusher) équipé d'une plaque-tampon à l'avant (...) Il attend les tracteurs-scrapers sur les lieux de l'excavation et les pousse sur tout le parcours de fouille en appuyant sa plaque-tampon contre le bloc arrière du scraper (...)

OBS

Le terme plaque de poussée est privilégié par des traducteurs techniques.

Spanish

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