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CONTAINER HANDLING TRANSPORTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gantry and Travelling Cranes
  • Automated Materials Handling
DEF

A transporter crane incorporating a container handling device. The crane is operated from a crab-mounted cabin. For dockside applications, a hinged horizontal boom which may be raised is normally incorporated.

OBS

transporter crane for container handling : term standardized by the British Standards Institution(BSI).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
  • Manutention automatique
CONT

Pont roulant transporteur de conteneurs. Il existe des ponts roulants transporteurs de conteneurs à palonnier basculant.

OBS

pont roulant transporteur de conteneurs : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gantry and Travelling Cranes
DEF

Large cantilever cranes designed to lift and move containers to and from a pier and a ship alongside. Attaches to a spreader by cables driven by large crane motors. Some cranes can be as high as 100 feet off the pier.

DEF

Transporter crane. Type of crane used for handling shipping containers. Typically, it is a rope-hoisting, rope-traversing crane which operates by lifting the container(hoisting) and moving it along a trolley(traversing) before lowering it into position. The crane moves along the length of the quay on rails. It is equipped with a spreader beam which attaches to the corner castings of the container to enable it to be lifted.

Key term(s)
  • container handling transporter
  • container handling transporter crane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
CONT

Le terminal polyvalent de BRULE-TABAC [...] Équipement bord à quai : 1 portique à conteneur 40 T sur rail, 1 grue Caillard sur rail benne 15 T et crochet 30 T, 1 grue automobile benne et crochet 40 T.

OBS

container : Anglicisme. Caisse pour le transport de marchandises.

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

CM Airport Equipment is now marketing the Cargomatic 2840 electric transfer transporter, designed to provide speedy handling of two half-width containers or one full-width container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

La société CM Airport Equipment construit le véhicule de transbordement à propulsion électrique Cargomatic 2804, qui peut recevoir soit un conteneur de pleine largeur, soit deux conteneurs de demi-largeur.

Spanish

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