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Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

At least one manufacturer has a twin-engine scraper combination on two axles. The second engine is mounted at the rear in back of the scraper bowl. This engine puts power into the wheels on the rear axle. In this case all four wheels of what would be identified as a 4 X 4 scraper unit are drive wheels(...)

OBS

See section 11, page 1, in CATER-2E.

Key term(s)
  • twin-engine scraper
  • twin-engine unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

(...) [scraper] dont (...) la benne (...) comporte (...) un moteur(...) synchronisé avec celui du tracteur et qui attaque l'essieu de la benne.

OBS

Le terme décapeuse est recommandé par le Petit Robert (édition 1979) et la Revue générale des routes et des aérodromes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The high cross range orbiter had a 92, 300 pound empty mass and the same engine configuration as the low cross range orbiter(2 x 188, 000 kgf engines and 4 x 8, 200 kgf turbofan air-breathing engines). But the aerodynamics gave it a 2784 km cross range and a 300 kph landing speed. It also had a titanium structure enclosing aluminium propellant tanks, but the thermal protection system was made of a metallic cobalt super alloy, with columbium leading edge panels.

Key term(s)
  • high cross-range orbiter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

The technology for meeting the current automobile emission standards employs the catalyst technology, coupled with a series of electronic and vacuum sensing devices which detect and control selected engine operating parameters. A so-called three-way catalyst(incorporating NOx</sub> reduction as well) is being used in many of the 1980 production cars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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