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METAL HOPPER [6 records]

Record 1 2010-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
  • Placement of Concrete
DEF

A device for placing concrete underwater [that] consists of a large metal tube with a hopper at the top end and a valve arrangement at the submerged end.

CONT

At the start of concreting the trémie pipe is full of water and this must be expelled by a suitable plug placed in the hopper to separate the water from the concrete. ... If a concrete pump can reach the same distance as the trémie, it may be able to replace the trémie completely.

OBS

A box or frame of wood or metal used for depositing concrete under water. Its upper section forms a hopper above water to receive the concrete, and it may be moved laterally or vertically by any suitable device, as a travelling crane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
  • Mise en place du béton
DEF

Dispositif servant à placer du béton sous l'eau [qui] comprend un tube métallique de gros calibre relié à un réservoir, ainsi qu'un système de soupapes à l'extrémité submergée.

OBS

[...] en forme de pyramide renversée par lequel on fait couler du mortier, du béton.

OBS

trémie : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Household Appliances
CONT

The most common manual [coffee] grinder... is a wooden box with a front drawer to receive the ground coffee. On top of the box is the handle, coffee bean hopper and metal grinder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits appareils ménagers

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

When there is less reagent and it can be stored in a metal hopper, the formation of arched voids is avoided by installing an intermittent mechanical vibrator of suitable power for the size of hopper...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

Lorsque le stockage est de moindre importance et se fait dans une trémie métallique, on évite la formation de voûtes en plaçant sur la partie conique ou pyramidale de cette trémie un vibreur mécanique à fonctionnement intermittent.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
OBS

When there is less reagent and it can be stored in a metal hopper, the formation of arched voids is avoided by installing an intermittent mechanical vibrator of suitable power for the size of hopper...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
OBS

Lorsque le stockage est de moindre importance et se fait dans une trémie métallique, on évite la formation de voûtes en plaçant sur la partie conique ou pyramidale de cette trémie un vibreur mécanique à fonctionnement intermittent.

Spanish

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Record 5 1978-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The [washer, stoner and whizzer] is in two sections, the washing and stoning tank and the whizzer. Water is contained in the washing and stoning tank(...), and the wheat is fed through a spout(...) into a trough containing a worm conveyor, or wheat worm(...) ;below the wheat worm is the stoning worm(...) stones and metal particles sink into the stoning worm, which conveys them in the opposite direction and delivers them to a stone-collecting hopper(...)

OBS

stoning worm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
OBS

vis épierreuse

Spanish

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Record 6 1978-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The [washer, stoner and whizzer] is in two sections, the washing and stoning tank and the whizzer. Water is contained in the washing and stoning tank(...), and the wheat is fed through a spout(...) into a trough containing a worm conveyor, or wheat worm(...) ;below the wheat worm is the stoning worm(...). The spout discharges the wheat through a troughed feed hopper into the rising side of the wheat worm, which keeps the wheat suspended in the water and conveys it towards the whizzer, while the agitation of the water dissolves and washes away the mud balls and surface dirt; stones and metal particles sink into the stoning worm, which conveys them in the opposite direction and delivers them to a stone-collecting hopper(...)

OBS

washing and stoning tank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Les cuviers épierreurs lavent le blé à grande eau et séparent par flottaison les fragments de pierre, plus lourds, et aussi les corps moins lourds que le blé. Les grains sont ensuite séchés par passage dans des essoreuses.

Spanish

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