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MATERIAL-HANDLING MACHINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
DEF

Devices used for handling materials in an industrial distribution activity. The equipment moves products as discrete articles, in suitable containers, or as solid bulk materials which are relatively free-flowing.

CONT

... materials-handling machines can be grouped into six broad categories ... [:] bulk-handling machines; conveying machines; elevating machines; hoisting machines; industrial trucks; monorail.

Key term(s)
  • material-handling machine
  • handling apparatus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Outillage industriel
DEF

[...] appareil ou engin qui permet, en diminuant ou en supprimant l'effort de l'homme, de déplacer horizontalement ou verticalement les matériaux ou charges.

CONT

[...] on peut classer les appareils de manutention: [soit] suivant leur degré de polyvalence [...]; [soit] en fonction du produit véhiculé (charge isolée, vrac ou fluide).

CONT

Tous les appareils de manutention [...] sont monovalents [...] [ou] de valence supérieure [...]. [...] les appareils monovalents comprennent les leviers, poulies, roues dentées, treuils, appareils à mâchoires, coins, crics, vérins, roues et roulettes, plaques tournantes, potences, mâts inclinables, plans inclinés et transporteurs à rouleaux. Les appareils de valence supérieure dérivent donc des précédents (monorails, ponts roulants, convoyeurs, grues).

Spanish

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