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COFFRAGE MOBILE [1 record]

Record 1 2019-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
  • Placement of Concrete
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

Usually large, built-up formwork for casting walls or the linings of tunnels or culverts, built on a carriage on rollers or wheels, enabling the forms to be moved without dismantling them.

OBS

Some sources regard travelling forms as moving horizontally and sliding forms as moving vertically.

Key term(s)
  • traveling form
  • traveling formwork
  • traveler formwork

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
  • Mise en place du béton
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Coffrage déplaçable sur roues ou sur chemin de fer pour coffrer un ouvrage de même section et d'une certaine longueur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo e instalaciones para el hormigonado
  • Aplicación del hormigón
  • Túneles, viaductos y puentes
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