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HOISTING DRUM [11 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

A short hoisting drum with a large-diameter driving sprocket, used to wind up the casing line or calf line which is multiple-reeved through the sheaves of the crown and traveling blocks by means of which casing and/or drill pipe is handled.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Dans la machine au câble, tambour servant aux manœuvres diverses et en particulier à celle du tubage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-26

English

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

Electric hoists lift their loads by either cable or chain. The cable type has a drum around which a wire cable is coiled and uncoiled for hoisting and lowering.

Key term(s)
  • cable electric hoist

French

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

Palans électriques à câble. [...] Ces appareils comportent dans l'ensemble les mêmes organes et les mêmes perfectionnements que leurs frères à chaîne, au détail près, bien sûr, que celle-ci est remplacée par un câble s'enroulant sur un tambour à simple ou double enroulement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Winches
DEF

The hoisting mechanism on a drilling rig. It is essentially a large winch that spools off or takes in the drilling line and thus raises or lowers the drill stem and bit.

DEF

Nerve center of the drilling rig; principal parts include hoisting drum, brakes, clutches, catheads, and control panel...

CONT

On a drilling rig, the hoist that raises and lowers the drill stem is called "drawworks."

Key term(s)
  • draw-works

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Treuils
DEF

Principal organe du dispositif de levage d'un appareil de forage.

CONT

[Le] treuil de forage comprend l'arbre tambour [...], l'arbre des cabestans [et] les arbres de la boîte de vitesses [...] reliés [...] par un engrenage direct à pignons et par trois transmissions.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trailers and Hauling
OBS

drum : a horizontal cylinder about which rope or wire rope is wound in a hoisting mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Remorques et remorquage
DEF

Dispositif sur lequel la chaîne du frein à main s'enroule.

CONT

Pièce cylindrique de révolution, servant de support (tambour d'enroulement), de liaison (tambour à cames), ou d'indication (tambour gradué).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Camiones con remolque y remolque
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Record 5 2000-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A winch designed specifically for lowering, retaining and hoisting an accommodation ladder, and having a rope storage drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Treuil conçu spécialement pour amener, maintenir et remonter une échelle d'embarquement et comportant un tambour de stockage de câble.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To thread the drilling line through the sheaves of the crown block and traveling block.

OBS

One end of the line is secured to the hoisting drum, and the other is anchored to the derrick substructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Préparer les moufles et les câbles pour la descente ou la remontée des tubes (dans un puits).

OBS

moufler : Construction par inférence au verbe moufler à partir du substantif «mouflage» et de l'adjectif «mouflé» (Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982, vol.7, p. 7142).

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
CONT

Electric hoists lift their loads by either cable or chain. The cable type has a drum around which a wire cable is coiled and uncoiled for hoisting and lowering. Chain models have either a roller chain and sprocket or a link chain and pocketed wheel for hoisting and lowering.

CONT

Electrical hoists. These hoists may be operated at close hand or from a remote control point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
CONT

Palans électriques. Ils comprennent un moteur électrique, entraînant, par l'intermédiaire d'un réducteur de vitesse, soit un tambour autour duquel s'enroule le câble de levage, soit une noix sur laquelle est entraînée la chaîne de levage; tous ces mécanismes sont [...] incorporés en un ensemble compact [...] Le moteur électrique est commandé du sol par une boîte à boutons pendante.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winches
DEF

A device consisting of two reels on which wire rope is wound.

CONT

A double-drum hoist provides two hoisting drums in the assembly. The main drum is used for pulling tubing or drill pipe; the second drum is used for swabbing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Treuils

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

To string a wire-rope drilling line through the sheaves of the traveling and crown blocks to the hoisting drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winches
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A horizontal drum for winding, or for hoisting by winding; properly, one operated by radial arms, removable bars, or a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism;....

OBS

winding: The operation of hoisting coal, ore, men, or materials in a shaft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Treuils
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Treuil employé par les maçons et les mineurs pour hisser des fardeaux.

CONT

Le bourriquet, utilisé par les maçons pour élever verticalement les matériaux de construction, se compose d'un treuil, placé au sol, et d'une poulie de renvoi, située au-dessus de l'endroit où les matériaux doivent parvenir. Un câble relie le treuil à la charge à lever par l'intermédiaire de la poulie de renvoi.

Spanish

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Record 11 1979-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
OBS

Shaft on which a hoisting drum or crowd sprocket or gear may be located. It usually carries, in addition, the hoist or crowd clutches and brakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
OBS

Arbre sur lequel peut être monté un tambour de levage, un barbotin ou un pignon du mécanisme de creusage. Comporte habituellement en outre, les embrayages de treuils ou de mécanismes de creusage et des freins.

Spanish

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