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HYDRAULIC WINCH [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winches
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

The slewing winch shall be capable of handling the boom fully loaded even when the ship is heeled over at 15 [degrees]. The winches [are to be controlled from the console and] to be mounted on the booms, with flexible hose connections to the hydraulic system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Treuils
  • Armement et gréement
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Pumps
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Smaller seines are hauled on board with the aid of a hydraulic winch called a power block, or for larger seines, a hydraulic fish pump is used to vacuum the catch from the seine while in the water. In all these cases, hydraulic power is either provided by a pump driven by the main engine or by an auxiliary power unit in the engine room...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pompes
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A rotary hydraulic tool for driving a winch drum to coil a rope or cable for pulling or tensioning.

OBS

The winch drum is usually supported at both ends.

OBS

mounted winch: term and definition standardized by ISO in 2007.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Machine portative hydraulique rotative entraînant un tambour de treuil qui enroule une corde ou un câble à des fins de tirage ou d'ancrage.

OBS

Le tambour de treuil est habituellement soutenu par les deux extrémités.

OBS

treuil fixe : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 2007.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
CONT

Stackers. Tiering machines and portable elevators used for stacking merchandise are basically portable vertical frames that support and guide the carriage, to which is attached a platform, pair of forks, or other suitable lifting device... The carriage can be raised and lowered by hand, by an electrically driven winch, or by a hydraulic cylinder... Stackers... are the prototypes of completely powered noncounterbalanced platform and forklift trucks.

OBS

stacking truck: term standardized by the British Standards Institution (BSI); stacker: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
DEF

Appareil de manutention permettant de positionner l'une sur l'autre des charges de formes régulières, sur deux ou plusieurs niveaux.

CONT

Les multiples modèles de gerbeurs, y compris les chariots élévateurs à fourches, qui représentent un type particulier, se différencient suivant [quatre caractéristiques].

OBS

gerbeur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
  • Water Sports (General)
DEF

The sport of gliding through the air attached to a parachute and towed by a speedboat.

CONT

What is Parasailing? Imagine soaring high above the Pacific Ocean in a specially designed parachute while being towed behind a high tech speed boat. Our custom built winch boats are "state of the art", utilizing a hydraulic launch and recovery system. This provides for safe, easy take-off and landings directly from the flight deck of the boat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
  • Sports nautiques (Généralités)
CONT

[...] embarquez-vous pour une excursion qui vous fera découvrir les charmes de la plus petite île des îles vierges américaines, St. John, là où les eaux tièdes sont propices à la planche à voile et à la paravoile.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winches
OBS

Winches. A device used to wind a cable on a drum is called a ’winch’. In the simple form used for drawing water from a well the force applied to the crank is to the weight lifted as the radius of the drum is to the length of the crank. More elaborate forms are driven by electric or hydraulic motors.

OBS

Hand-operated and power-driven winches.

Key term(s)
  • power winch
  • powered winch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Treuils
CONT

Dans les treuils à moteur, la vapeur, qui était souvent utilisée autrefois, a pratiquement disparu. On utilise soit le moteur à explosion, la liaison avec le mécanisme se faisant par un embrayage, soit, le plus souvent, le moteur électrique, la liaison avec le mécanisme se faisant par un manchon d'accouplement.

Spanish

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