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CENTRALE BETON [2 records]

Record 1 1999-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
DEF

A plant installed to mix concrete for a large structure, such as dam, or for sale to public and includes equipment for handling and storing aggregate and cement, batchers, and required number of concrete mixers.

CONT

Centralized ready-mix plants. ... In a modern ready-mix concrete plant the production of the various concrete mixes is programmed by an electronic computer, and batches of concrete of any desired size are proportioned automatically by electronic control. ... In ready-mix plants concrete is mixed either in mobile mixers or in stationary mixers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
DEF

Usine extérieure au chantier où le béton est préparé et est à l'état liquide pour être transporté sur le lieu où il sera coulé afin de réaliser un élément de construction.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

Two types of tilting mixers and three types of nontilting mixers are commonly used in concrete plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
CONT

[...] aucun chantier n'est éloigné de plus de 30 km d'une centrale à béton.

CONT

Il existe [...] des usines à béton confectionnant [...] un matériau de première qualité livré ensuite sur chantier par camions équipés d'une cuve animée (...) d'un mouvement régulier de rotation.

CONT

Afin d'éviter l'interruption des travaux par temps froid, les postes de béton sont souvent équipés d'un système de réchauffage des agrégats par vapeur produite dans un générateur.

Spanish

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