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METERING BIN [3 records]

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Record 1 2005-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trailers and Hauling
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
DEF

A self-unloading trailer ... that utilizes hydraulically operated floor segments, which move the biofuel out the rear doors.

OBS

[A live bottom trailer can] be parked at a receiving conveyor and used as a metering storage bin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Remorques et remorquage
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
DEF

Remorque autodéchargeante pourvue d'un plancher à segments mus par un dispositif hydraulique, déchargeant le biocombustible par les portes arrière [...]

OBS

[On] peut [...] stationner [la remorque] près d'un convoyeur et l'utiliser comme unité de mesurage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Control Instrumentation (Mechanical Components)
  • Gas Industry
CONT

The below-ground fuel bin, meanwhile, has a capacity of 45 tonnes. The bin is equipped with a travelling screw that moves along the floor of the fuel bin, extracting fuel and sending it to a series of transfer augers that deliver it to a small metering bin that fuels the combustor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de commande (Composants mécaniques)
  • Industrie du gaz
CONT

La capacité du compartiment à combustible souterrain est de 45 tonnes. Il est doté d'une vis mobile qui se déplace sur le sol; le combustible est ainsi extrait et acheminé vers une série de tarières de transfert qui remplissent un petit compartiment de dosage alimentant la chambre de combustion.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
CONT

In the batch type plant, the operator weighs out the correct quantity of aggregate from each hot bin in succession. The total batch of aggregate is then dry-mixed in the pugmill for approximately 20 seconds, and during this time the operator proceeds to accumulate another batch in the weigh hopper. When the dry-mix cycle is complete, hot asphalt is added to the mixer by either metering or weighing the correct amount.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du béton

Spanish

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