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HOISTING ROPE [19 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gantry and Travelling Cranes
OBS

Term applies to gantry and travelling cranes.

OBS

auxiliary hoisting rope : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
OBS

câble de levage auxiliaire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
DEF

The assembly of hook or shackle, swivel, sheaves, pins and frame suspended by the hoisting rope.

CONT

The bottom block shall be guarded against load chain jamming during recommended usage.

OBS

bottom block: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
DEF

Poulie contenue dans une chape et munie d'un organe permettant de la fixer à un fardeau.

CONT

La moufle supérieure est liée au chariot, la moufle inférieure est équipée d'un crochet ou d'un dispositif de levage.

OBS

bloc inférieur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Outfitting of Ships
  • Pulleys and Belts
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

[A] single rope rove through a single block and used for hoisting articles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armement et gréement
  • Poulies et courroies
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Cordage volant sans usage fixe, utilisé souvent pour hisser, et passant par une poulie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
  • Poleas y correas
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 4 2017-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deck Department (Naval Forces)
  • Transport of Wood
  • Materials Handling
DEF

A method of securing a rope round a spar by taking the standing part of a rope round the spar with a half hitch round itself and the end tucked three or four times round its own part. This forms a running, but self-jamming, eye.

CONT

The Timber Hitch is very convenient for hoisting boards and timbers, as it cannot jam and may be instantly loosened. If timber is to be hoisted on end the Timber Hitch is made with the end of the rope below the center of the timber and then a Half Hitch is added in the standing part at the upper end of the timber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service du pont (Forces navales)
  • Transport du bois
  • Manutention
DEF

Nœud coulant qui se maintient par le frottement du bout tourné en spirale sur lui-même. Sert pour saisir et traîner un espar, ou pour hisser un objet de poids moyen.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
  • Materials Handling
  • Pulleys and Belts
DEF

A tackle employing an endless chain instead of a rope and operated especially in workshops from an overhead track for hoisting heavy weights.

OBS

Although WEBIN (Webster’s third new international dictionary), ARCCO (Dictionary of architecture and construction) and LASTE (McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms) consider "chain block" as a perfect synonym of "chain hoist" (or "chain fall"), strictly speaking the block is only a part of the hoist, which also includes chains or cables.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage
  • Manutention
  • Poulies et courroies
CONT

Les palans différentiels sont des palans à chaîne [...] La chaîne sans fin, qui sert à la fois de chaîne de manœuvre et de chaîne de levage, passe une fois sur la grande poulie du haut, une fois sur la poulie du bas, remonte sur la petite poulie du haut, et se termine en boucle pendante, dont l'un des brins attaque la grande poulie du haut.

OBS

Noter que les palans sont des appareils de levage alors que les treuils sont des appareils de levage et de traction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Levantamiento de cargas
  • Manipulación de materiales
  • Poleas y correas
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Record 6 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

Rope forming a component part of the fixed span assembly, which is connected to a winch for hoisting and lowering the unloaded derrick boom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Câble faisant partie de l'apiquage fixe, qui relie au treuil utilisé pour le mâtage ou l'affalage de la corne de charge à vide.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maneuvering of Ships
DEF

The act of hauling rapidly upon a rope by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or one above the other if they are hoisting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manœuvre des navires
OBS

Le genre ne s'applique pas.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winches
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

A spool-shaped attachment on a winch around which rope is wound for hoisting and pulling.

OBS

The breakout cathead, a rotating spool located on the driller’s side of the drawworks, is used as a power source for unscrewing drill pipe. The makeup cathead is a power source for screwing together joints of pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Treuils
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Cabestan automatique (couplé au treuil de forage et utilisé pour entraîner les clés de vissage ou de dévissage des tiges de forage).

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trailers and Hauling
OBS

drum : a horizontal cylinder about which rope or wire rope is wound in a hoisting mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Remorques et remorquage
DEF

Dispositif sur lequel la chaîne du frein à main s'enroule.

CONT

Pièce cylindrique de révolution, servant de support (tambour d'enroulement), de liaison (tambour à cames), ou d'indication (tambour gradué).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Camiones con remolque y remolque
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Record 10 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Wire rope whose strands have been distorted into the shape of a birdcage by a sudden release of a load during a hoisting operation.

CONT

A lang-lay rope that has not been properly seized may open up and produce a condition known as "bird-caging".

OBS

(Ottawa Public Library) See Handbook of Rigging, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill 1975, p. 71.

Key term(s)
  • wickering out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Elevators
CONT

... the traction driving sheave around which pass the hoisting rope is bolted to the sheave.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ascenseurs et monte-charge
CONT

Sur les appareils à treuil attelé il doit être installé un interrupteur de mou de câble qui met le treuil à l'arrêt si [...] les câbles de suspension viennent à prendre du mou.

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

A winch designed specifically for lowering, retaining and hoisting an accommodation ladder, and having a rope storage drum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Treuil conçu spécialement pour amener, maintenir et remonter une échelle d'embarquement et comportant un tambour de stockage de câble.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
  • Hoisting and Lifting
DEF

A fiber rope, wire rope, or chain by means of which force is exerted on the sheaves and pulleys of a hoisting machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
  • Levage
CONT

Câbles de levage. 1. Câbles en chanvre. [Ils sont] encore employés pour des appareils de levage légers (palans, moufles) et pour la constitution d'élingues [...] 2. Câbles en acier. [...] Les règlements actuels imposent un coefficient de sécurité [...] de huit pour les appareils de levage (grues, palans, ponts roulants), de neuf pour les ascenseurs et de dix pour les appareils d'extraction (cages de mines).

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
  • Maneuvering of Ships
  • Water Transport
  • Outfitting of Ships
DEF

The part of the rope that is to be used for work, such as hoisting, pulling, snubbing, and the like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
  • Manœuvre des navires
  • Transport par eau
  • Armement et gréement
DEF

Partie du cordage sur laquelle se fait l'effort : lever, tirer, enrouler.

OBS

dormant : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de salvamento y lucha contra incendios
  • Maniobras de los buques
  • Transporte por agua
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
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Record 15 1993-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Ship and Boat Parts
DEF

Tension force in the cargo runner rope calculated considering the safe working load(SWL) and the hoisting tackle(block) composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Force de traction sur le câble de hissage, calculée en considérant la charge maximale d'utilisation (CMU) et la composition du palan de hissage.

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
DEF

A square-shaped net varying in size and made of Manila, wire rope or chain; it is used for slinging and hoisting case goods and packaged freight.

OBS

cargo net: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

Filet en fil d'acier ou en filin parfois entouré d'une ralingue et utilisé pour l'embarquement des colis de faible volume.

OBS

filet de chargement : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 18 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hoisting and Lifting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levage

Spanish

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