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GRAIN DOOR [6 records]

Record 1 2013-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
DEF

Type of grain door made of paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Hopper bottom grain bins : Also available in a low profile style hopper with side unloading door, hopper man way access, strong steel foundation that requires no concrete, rack and pinion slide gate, roof vents, ladder safety cages and aeration packages for drying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pépinières
  • Santé et sécurité au travail

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Although [carpenter ants] do not consume wood, they do excavate smooth galleries across the grain to make the nest. Nests are usually in damp wood and include such areas as dead and living trees, rotting stumps or logs, telephone poles, hollow doors, wall voids, wooden support columns, window and door frames, foam insulation, cardboard, etc.

Key term(s)
  • wall voids
  • void in a wall
  • voids in a wall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Si vous réussissez à localiser le nid, appliquez Raid [marque déposée] Tue-fourmis liquide directement sur le nid (si possible), dans les vides de mur ou dans tout autre endroit difficile d'accès qui est adjacent au nid.

CONT

[...] les plaques sont placées dans les vides des murs ou en sous-toiture, comme isolant naturel.

CONT

Par temps froid, de la condensation se forme dans les vides des murs et du toit de toutes les maisons.

Key term(s)
  • vides de mur
  • vides dans les murs
  • espaces vides dans les murs

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rail Transport
  • Transport of Goods
  • Grain Growing
CONT

The boxcar has a doorway on each side at the centre of the car; the doorways are approximately 1. 8 metres wide and cover the full height of the box. Before loading, the doorways are covered to the height the grain will be loaded by applying a cardboard or wooden lining(called a grain door) across the door opening and inside the permanent car door. The cardboard or wooden liners are supplied at loading stations by the railways and are applied by elevator company personnel. This procedure is known as coopering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par rail
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Le wagon couvert est muni de portes latérales mesurant chacune 1,8 mètres de large et s'étendant sur toute la hauteur. Avant le chargement, l'ouverture des portes est bloquée par l'intérieur, jusqu'à la hauteur prévue pour le grain, au moyen d'une fausse porte en contreplaqué ou en carton fournie par le chemin de fer aux gares de chargement et installée par le personnel des silos. Ce procédé s'appelle le calfeutrage.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Synthetic Fabrics
CONT

The firm, a producer of thermoplastics for the window and door industry, wishes to identify and purchase machinery for wood grain lamination of PVC extrusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
DEF

A board fixed to the foot and top of a paper grain door on cars carrying bulk loads. The arrangement allows the load to be inspected quickly from the top and to be unloaded without difficulty from the bottom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
DEF

Planches fixées à la base et au sommet d'une contre-porte en carton dans un wagon de marchandises expédiées en vrac. Cette installation permet une inspection rapide de la marchandise par le haut et un déchargement sans encombre par le bas.

Spanish

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