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HOIST MEDIUM LOAD [3 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-23

English

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

A load, having a mass, mHL, which is lifted by the crane and suspended from the lower end(s) of the hoist medium.

OBS

Mass mHL is the sum of the payload, mPL, the non-fixed load-lifting attachment(s), mNA, and the fixed load-lifting attachment, mFA ...

OBS

hoist medium load : term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
DEF

Charge, de masse mHL, levée par l'appareil de levage à charge suspendue et maintenue à l'extrémité inférieure de l'agrès.

OBS

La masse mHL représente la somme des masses correspondant à la charge utile, mPL, aux accessoires de préhension amovibles, mNA, et aux accessoires de préhension permanents, mFA [...]

OBS

charge à l'agrès de levage : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Gantry and Travelling Cranes
DEF

Any equipment, having mass mFA, from which the net load may be suspended and which is permanently fastened to the lower end(s) of the hoist medium(s).

OBS

Fixed load-lifting attachments are part of the crane.

OBS

Fixed load-lifting attachment: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Chantiers)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
DEF

Tout équipement, de masse mFA, sur lequel la charge correspondant à la charge nette peut être suspendue et qui est fixé de façon permanente à l'extrémité inférieure de l'agrès.

OBS

Les accessoires de préhension permanents font partie de l'appareil de levage à charge suspendue.

OBS

Accessoire de préhension permanent : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jib-Type Hoisting Apparatus
  • Materials Handling
CONT

Chain type manually lever operated hoists include hand chain hoists and chain falls that use welded link load chain or roller chain as a tensioning medium.... The load chain used in the chain type [fits] pockets of the hoist load sprocket that transmits motion to the load chain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de levage à bras
  • Manutention
Key term(s)
  • palan manuel à chaine
  • palan à chaine manuel

Spanish

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