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WEIGHING HOPPER [8 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Storage Facilities
  • Grain Growing
CONT

To ship grain, the agent opens a bin so the grain runs into the back pit. The grain is then re-elevated and deposited into an overhead bin. From there it is dumped into the garner and hopper scale for weighing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage des récoltes
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Pour expédier le grain, l'agent ouvre une cellule afin que le grain s'écoule dans la trémie arrière. Le grain est alors élevé de nouveau dans une cellule surélevée, d'où il est déchargé dans la trémie de réception puis dans la balance à trémie pour être pesé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Almacenamiento de las cosechas
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

A variety of crane specially developed for the bulk discharge of... material [which] is deposited in a hopper in front of the gantry, from where it passes through a weighing machine onto a belt conveyor which discharges it through the rear of the gantry onto another conveyor.

CONT

Grabbing cranes feeding a conveyor system are usually mounted on a special base structure incorporating a hopper at the front into which the grab discharges directly; this type is called a "kangaroo" crane....

OBS

kangaroo grabbing crane: standardized by the British Standards Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
CONT

Grues kangourous. Ces grues à fléchette [travaillent] suivant le principe "kangourou" par variation rapide de la portée entre 34 et 6 m; (...) La benne prend dans les cales de navires de 80 000 t puis est vidée dans la trémie placée à l'avant du portique; chacune des trémies alimente par une petite bande transporteuse un grand transporteur longitudinal qui lui-même dessert les silos.

OBS

D'après TECHN, 1971, A5-I, 940, p. 4, la forme plurielle est "grues kangourou".

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
CONT

For the purpose of emptying and cleaning the [automatic weighing] machine can be adjusted to manual control. The product being weighed is elevated by the feeding belt to the weighing hopper. The feeding belt consists of a modular link belt and is equipped depending on the product, with open or closed flights. Just before attaining the pre-adjusted weight, the speed of the feeding belt is gradually slowed. The belt stops altogether when the required set weight is reached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Outillage industriel
CONT

L'instrument de pesage à fonctionnement automatique trieur-étiqueteur type DWS ANALYSER ci-après dénommé «instrument» est destiné au pesage d'objets en fonctionnement continu [...]. L'instrument est constitué par : 1° un dispositif de transport des objets (bandes); ce dispositif comprend 3 parties, la partie permettant d'amener les objets, la partie équipant l'unité de pesage et la partie permettant l'évacuation des charges. La bande d'amenée et/ou la bande d'évacuation peuvent être asservies par le dispositif DWS.

CONT

L'étiquetage des deux groupes de produits exige une amenée différente des produits au poste d'étiquetage via la bande d'amenée et du chariot.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
CONT

weighing of aggregates under a hopper with a weighing belt...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
CONT

pesage des granulats sous trémie avec tapis peseur [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

The value of the minimum increment of registration... on a hopper scale that is designed for weighing grain in a terminal or transfer elevator shall not be greater than a) 5 kg or 10 pounds... b) 10 kg or 20 pounds... c) 20 kg or 50 pounds....

OBS

hopper scale: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 172.2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
OBS

bascule à trémie : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 172.2.

Spanish

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Record 6 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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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
CONT

A weighing hopper, suspended beneath the storage bin, is used to measure the correct amount of cement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
OBS

the equipment shall include a means for accurately weighing each size of aggregate in a weigh box or hopper of ample size to hold a full batch without hand raking or running over. [p. 186]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
OBS

le matériel de prédosage est en général constitué soit par un "bouclier" (...) soit par des "--" de modèles très divers. [aussi appelé trémie de mesure p.290]

Spanish

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