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HANDLING DEVICES [23 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
DEF

An overhead type crane equipped with a traverse having hooks, electromagnets or other load-handling devices for handling elongated loads.

OBS

traverse crane: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
DEF

Appareil de levage à charge suspendue de type pont équipé d’un palonnier à crochets, d'électroaimants ou d’autres dispositifs permettant de suspendre les charges allongées.

OBS

appareil de levage à charge suspendue à palonnier : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Materials Handling
  • Continuous Handling
  • Hoisting and Lifting
CONT

The movement can also be done with the help of automated equipment or aids, such as forklift trucks, storage and retrieval systems, conveyors, and mechanical devices; such assisted handling would be considered manual handling as long as the movement still required forceful exertions by the employee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Manutention
  • Manutention continue
  • Levage
CONT

Les systèmes de levage et de manutention tels que les ponts roulants, les palans à chaînes, les potences font partie de l'environnement industriel tel qu'on le connaît. Mais il existe d'autres systèmes hautement performants : les systèmes de levage par aspiration (à tube sous vide) qui vont réduire de façon [importante] les contraintes de travail. On parle ici de manutention assistée.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

An air- or hydraulic-fluid-operated device that fits into the opening in the rotary table when the drill stem must be suspended in the wellbore (as when a connection, or trip is being made).

CONT

Power slips are pneumatically or hydraulically actuated devices that are operated by the driller at his station, thus dispensing with the manual handling of slips when making a connection.

CONT

Automatic slips, also called power slips, eliminate the need for roughnecks to set and take out slips manually.

OBS

automatic slips; power(-)slips: terms rarely used in the singular (automatic slip; power(-)slip).

Key term(s)
  • automatic slip
  • power slip

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
DEF

[Coins de retenue] à commande pneumatique ou hydropneumatique, servant à retenir le train de tiges dans la table de rotation au cours des manœuvres.

OBS

coins de retenue automatique : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (coin de retenue automatique).

Key term(s)
  • coin de retenue automatique

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

[A] person who is responsible for the safe storage, handling, and functioning of pyrotechnics and pyrotechnic devices.

OBS

Although the term is generally used in reference to individuals who operate pyrotechnics in the entertainment industry, it can include all individuals who regularly handle explosives.

Key term(s)
  • firework handler
  • pyro technician

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
Key term(s)
  • pyro technicien
  • pyro technicienne

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Packaging in Metal
DEF

A mechanism that enables documents from other forms/paper handling devices(for example, folding machines, guillotines, bursters) to be fed in-line into the machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Mécanisme permettant d'introduire dans la machine des documents provenant d'autres équipements (plieuses, cisailles-guillotines collationneuses, etc.)

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Handling
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
DEF

Devices used for handling materials in an industrial distribution activity. The equipment moves products as discrete articles, in suitable containers, or as solid bulk materials which are relatively free-flowing.

CONT

... materials-handling machines can be grouped into six broad categories ... [:] bulk-handling machines; conveying machines; elevating machines; hoisting machines; industrial trucks; monorail.

Key term(s)
  • material-handling machine
  • handling apparatus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Outillage industriel
DEF

[...] appareil ou engin qui permet, en diminuant ou en supprimant l'effort de l'homme, de déplacer horizontalement ou verticalement les matériaux ou charges.

CONT

[...] on peut classer les appareils de manutention: [soit] suivant leur degré de polyvalence [...]; [soit] en fonction du produit véhiculé (charge isolée, vrac ou fluide).

CONT

Tous les appareils de manutention [...] sont monovalents [...] [ou] de valence supérieure [...]. [...] les appareils monovalents comprennent les leviers, poulies, roues dentées, treuils, appareils à mâchoires, coins, crics, vérins, roues et roulettes, plaques tournantes, potences, mâts inclinables, plans inclinés et transporteurs à rouleaux. Les appareils de valence supérieure dérivent donc des précédents (monorails, ponts roulants, convoyeurs, grues).

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.05.09 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

item that can be moved efficiently and safely on handling devices used to move material over a fixed line of travel

OBS

Such material handling devices, or conveyors, are for the purposes of this standard considered to be continuous-loop belted systems moving packages or objects in a predetermined path and having fixed or selective points of loading or discharge. The width of the belt, height permitted within the facility, and weight capacity of the belt may determine whether the items are conveyable.

OBS

conveyable: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical instrument with two blades and two handles that is designed to hold small absorbent pads. It is used for blunt dissection and hemostasis.

OBS

[The sponge-holding forceps] is used for blunt dissection and hemostatis.

OBS

While sponge forceps have proven useful in a variety of new surgical techniques, their primary arena has traditionally been gynecological, surgical female sterilization, and abortion procedures. This is because sponge forceps have the ability to grip and manipulate tissue during examinations and minor surgeries with a minimum of damage and trauma.... Surgeons consider them standard thoracic instruments when performing lung surgeries such as bullectomies. The blunt tips these devices offer prove excellent tools to grasp and collapse the lung and manipulate lung tissue for complete exploration.... Surgeons will also use sponge-holding forceps with tonsil wipes to treat pleural abrasions, and they will often use them in colposcopy operations to hold dry or moist cotton balls. The tong-like tips of sponge forceps make them excellent tools when handling sponges, gauzes, or sensitive medical supplies.

OBS

Sponge forceps can be straight or curved. Sponge forceps can have smooth or serrated jaws. Used to atraumatically hold viscera (bowel and bladder).

OBS

There are many varieties of sponge forceps: Ballenger sponge forceps; Bergmann sponge forceps; Bozeman sponge forceps; Fletcher sponge forceps; Foerster sponge forceps; Foerster sponge holding forceps; Foerster sponge (ring) forceps; Heine sponge holding forceps; Javerts ring forceps; Rampley sponge forceps; Rampley sponge holder; Rampley sponge holding forceps; etc.

OBS

The terms sponge holder and sponge stick, even if corrects, are much more used in other domains than the medical one. Using the adjective surgical is a way to avoid any confusion: surgical sponge holder; surgical sponge stick.

CONT

The use of an extension such as a sponge forceps, rather than hands, to handle or touch contaminated items or to handle or touch sterile items.

CONT

The sponge clamp has two opposing circular jaws with transverse serrations used to hold a folded gauze sponge during preparation or blotting of the surgical are

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

L'utilisation d'un instrument, tel qu'une pince porte-éponge, plutôt que les mains, pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel contaminé ou pour manipuler ou toucher du matériel stérile.

OBS

Le terme pince porte-tampon est également utilisé pour désigner un accessoire de proctologie.

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2012-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.05.06 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

article of transport equipment with the following properties : a) a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; b) specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading; c) fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another; d) designed so as to be easy to fill and empty; e) an internal volume of 1 m³(35. 3 ft³) or more [ISO 830, 3. 1]

OBS

Returnable transport equipment is considered to have the same definition within an electronic data interchange environment.

OBS

freight container: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

French

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
CONT

The Canadian Forces [CF] fields several drugs, biologics, medical devices and kits, which require an additional level of control. Several of these products include unlicensed drugs, biologics, and medical devices, which provide CF personnel with the optimum available protection against, and treatment for exposure to biologic and chemical agents, ionizing radiation or diseases not generally encountered in Canada.... These products will be designated by [Director Health Services Operations] as Surgeon General Restricted Products and will be subject to specific safeguards and restrictions with respect to their accounting, reporting and handling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
CONT

Les [Forces canadiennes (FC)] emploient des médicaments, des produits biologiques, des instruments médicaux et des trousses qui nécessitent un niveau de contrôle supplémentaire. Certains d'entre eux représentent pour le personnel une protection optimale contre l'exposition à des agents biologiques ou chimiques et aux rayonnements ionisants, et le meilleur traitement contre des maladies peu communes au Canada. [...] Ces produits seront désignés par le Directeur - Opérations des Services de santé (DOSS) comme Produits à usage limité par le Médecin-chef, et feront l'objet de restrictions et de mesures de protection particulières en matière de comptabilisation, de déclaration et de traitement.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
DEF

Peripheral devices or media handling unit, such as a card feed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
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Record 12 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

To provide the increased mass handling capability and mobility of Canadarm2, Latching End Effectors(LEE) have been designed to provide power and data signals at both ends of the arm.(These are the devices that provide the actual electrical and mechanical interface to the Power Data Grapple Fixtures... Additionally, the increased requirement for mass handling necessitated the use of mechanical latches that will augment the three-wire snare mechanism(first developed for the Shuttle's Canadarm) as the principal load bearing device. Incorporated into one elegant assembly, this electro-mechanical interface appears four times on each Canadarm2 LEE. The precision alignment of the mating connectors is achieved through the introduction of a matching pair of curvic couplings.

CONT

... the SSRMS [Space Station Remote Manipulator System] has been designed in such a manner that a Latching End Effector is mounted at each end of the arm, thus allowing the arm to "walk", hand over hand, around the entire space station. The range of accessibility of the SSRMS will be limited only the the number of Power Data Grapple Fixtures (PDGF) installed on the station.

OBS

latching end effector; LEE: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

Latching end effector unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
CONT

Le nouveau bras [destiné à la Station spatiale internationale] peut se déplacer à l'image d'un ver de terre. Il est équipé à chaque extrémité d'un système de capture appelé «Latching End Effector (LEE)» qui peut venir s'attacher sur une autre structure le «Power Data Grapple Fixtures (PDGF)». En se détachant d'une extrémité, le bras peut ainsi se déplacer le long de la station dans un large rayon en fonction des structures PDGF installées.

OBS

effecteur de verrouillage; LEE : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Bloc de l'effecteur de verrouillage.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
DEF

A special type of enclosure or package used to house a semiconductor device or a hybrid microcircuit which has metallized electrical terminations around it perimeter rather than an extended lead frame or plug-in pins.

OBS

These products are just what the name implies-they serve as carriers or holders to facilitate handling during processing, production, imprinting, or testing operations. They also provide protection under transportation conditions. Carriers are especially important for microelectronic parts, components, devices, and circuits such as integrated circuits, wafers, flat packs, dual-in-line packages(DIP), TO-5 packages, etc....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «boîtier de puce» qui est l'équivalent de «package».

Spanish

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Record 14 2001-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

A handling instrument with a small vacuum cup on one end used to pick up chip devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

To eliminate the problems associated with the collection, removal, storage and handling of the screenings, devices are installed for the continuous intercepting, shredding and grinding into small pieces of the large floating material in the waste flow. These cutting and shredding devices are called comminutors.

OBS

The term "comminutor" is strictly speaking used to designate only a specific type of shredding device. In a larger sense it is used to designate all types of shredders. A few authors have assigned a third, even larger, sense to the term. They use "comminutor" to mean any type of grinding as well as shredding device. It is this third meaning which is the object of this record. In French, "dilacérateur" refers to cutting and shredding devices only.

OBS

"communitor": although used in some sources (e.g. Internet), the right spelling is "comminutor" and not "communitor".

Key term(s)
  • comminuter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

Dilacération. Cette opération de traitement [...] a pour but de désintégrer les matières solides charriées par l'eau. Au lieu d'être extraites de l'effluent brut ces matières sont déchiquetées au passage et poursuivent le circuit de l'eau vers les stades de traitement suivants. [...] On distingue les dilacérateurs au fil de l'eau et les dilacérateurs associés (sous-entendu avec une grille mécanique).

OBS

Il n'existe pas en français d'équivalent parfait pour la notion anglaise. Les Français utilisent, soit des dilacérateurs (cutting and shredding), soit des broyeurs (grinding), mais aucun appareil ne fait les trois opérations.

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

Cycle Stealing : A technique that lets peripheral devices, such as printers and disk drives, use some of a computer's cycles while the computer is handling its processing chores within its central processing unit(CPU).

Key term(s)
  • steal cycle
  • cycle stealing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

vol de cycle : Utilisation d'un cycle mémoire par un processeur d'entrée/sortie. (On peut considérer que le cycle est "volé" au processeur central.)

Spanish

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Record 17 1995-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Security
OBS

The manager of the Nevada Operations Office is also responsible for coordinating a Nuclear Emergency Search Team(NEST) capable of locating lost or stolen nuclear materials and handling technical problems associated with extortion threats involving radiation dispersal or improvised nuclear devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 18 1994-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
  • Hoisting and Lifting
DEF

Openings arranged for the entry of the forks of handling devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Levage
DEF

Ouverture ménagée pour l'introduction des fourches des engins de manutention.

CONT

Lors de la période de démarrage, l'utilisation d'engins inadaptés a causé des avaries [...] aux traverses de plancher [...] à proximité des passages de fourches.

OBS

passage de fourches : terme uniformisé par le Canadien National (CN).

Spanish

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Record 19 1992-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baggage Handling
CONT

Outbound baggage handling :. study of check-in counters. study of baggage-lowering devices. study of baggage sorting devices. study of the baggage indexing system, etc.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, p. 7.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bagages
CONT

Manutention des bagages au départ: . étude des banques d'enregistrement . étude des descenseurs à bagages . étude des dispositifs de tri des bagages . étude de l'indexation des bagages, etc.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, p. 7

Spanish

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Record 20 1992-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baggage Handling
CONT

Outbound baggage handling :. study of check-in counters. study of baggage-lowering devices. study of baggage-sorting devices, etc.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, p. 7.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bagages
CONT

Manutention des bagages au départ : . étude des banques d'enregistrement . étude des descenseurs à bagages . étude des dispositifs de tri des bagages, etc.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, pp. 7-8.

Spanish

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Record 21 1992-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baggage Handling
CONT

Outbound baggage handling :. study of check-in counters. study of baggage-lowering devices. study of baggage-sorting devices, etc.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, p. 7.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des bagages
CONT

Manutention des bagages au départ : . étude des banques d'enregistrement . étude des descenseurs à bagages, etc. . étude des dispositifs de tri des bagages.

OBS

AUBA, 1974, p. 7.

Spanish

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Record 22 1992-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
OBS

Enrouleur ascendant pour tissus techniques en sortie des métiers à tisser. Régulation électronique de la vitesse et de l'enroulement. Appareils de manutention pour l'enlèvement des bobines. Palettisation.

Spanish

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Record 23 1987-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
OBS

Automatic freight handling. Automatic loading and unloading devices have been incorporated into modern freight elevators. A call button activates the automatic pickup; the elevator arrives, the load is pulled into the car, the car moves to the proper floor, and the load is discharged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
CONT

L'élévateur-descenseur alternatif est un monte-charge spécialement équipé afin que les opérations de chargement, d'envoi et de déchargement soient entièrement automatiques. (...) Chaque poste d'étage comporte 2 rampes (...) [dont l'une] sert au chargement, l'autre à la réception. La benne est équipée de cellules photo-électroniques pour la relecture de l'indexation portée par les bacs et d'un transporteur (...) pour les opérations de chargement et de déchargement automatiques.

Spanish

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