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MOUFLE FIXE [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A pulley, set of pulleys, or sheaves at the top of a drill derrick on and over which the hoist and/or other lines run.

CONT

The crown block is an assembly of sheaves mounted on beams at the top of the derrick. The drilling cable is reeved over the sheaves of the crown block alternately with the sheaves of the traveling block, which is hoisted and lowered in the derrick by means of the drilling cable.

CONT

At the top of the derrick there is a crown block containing pulley wheels over which are run three steel cables: the casing line ..., the sand line ..., and the drilling line ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

Ensemble des poulies de renvoi placées au sommet de l'appareil de forage.

CONT

[Un moufle fixe] composé [...] de poulies montées [...] sur un même axe [...] monté sur un bâti comprend une petite poulie fixée au-dessous du bâti et qui sert à la manœuvre du câble de curage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulleys and Belts
  • Hoisting and Lifting
  • Materials Handling
CONT

[In a] block and tackle, the fixed block is called the "hoist block" and the one which moves with the load the "snatch block".

OBS

block: a pulley or system of pulleys in a frame, with a hook, loop, etc. for attachment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poulies et courroies
  • Levage
  • Manutention
CONT

Le palan ordinaire est composé de deux moufles ayant même nombre de poulies, l'une fixe, l'autre mobile.

OBS

Une poulie contenue dans une chape et munie d'un organe permettant de la fixer soit au fardeau, soit à un point de suspension, devient une «moufle». Cette moufle peut comporter plusieurs poulies [...]

OBS

moufle fixe

OBS

poulie fixe : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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