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HAND OPERATED STILLAGE TRUCK [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

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

An elevating type truck for insertion under the deck of a stillage, the elevating motion being manually operated by mechanical leverage or hydraulic pump, to enable the stillage to be raised clear of the ground for movement.

CONT

A variation of the pallet truck is the "stillage" or skid truck. Instead of forks, it has a platform that can raise the skid or "stillage" off the ground.

OBS

stillage: A load board comprising a single deck supported on bearers or legs ... Stillages ... are not normally intended for stacking.

OBS

stillage truck : term standardized by the British Standards Institution; hand-operated stillage truck : term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • hand operated stillage truck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
  • Manutention automatique
CONT

Chariots à bras. [...] Chariots élévateurs pour plates-formes; ils sont constitués essentiellement d'un cadre métallique abaissé ou élevé par le conducteur pour prendre et déposer la charge. Variantes constructives : a) Levée et descente entièrement mécaniques [...] b) Levée mécanique et descente amortie hydrauliquement [...]

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

chariot élévateur à bras pour manutention de plates-formes : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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