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HOPPER FRAME [3 records]

Record 1 2024-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Châssis fixé à sa traverse inférieure et basculant vers l'intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
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Record 2 2010-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Facilities and Equipment
  • Placement of Concrete
DEF

A device for placing concrete underwater [that] consists of a large metal tube with a hopper at the top end and a valve arrangement at the submerged end.

CONT

At the start of concreting the trémie pipe is full of water and this must be expelled by a suitable plug placed in the hopper to separate the water from the concrete. ... If a concrete pump can reach the same distance as the trémie, it may be able to replace the trémie completely.

OBS

A box or frame of wood or metal used for depositing concrete under water. Its upper section forms a hopper above water to receive the concrete, and it may be moved laterally or vertically by any suitable device, as a travelling crane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et installations (Bétonnage)
  • Mise en place du béton
DEF

Dispositif servant à placer du béton sous l'eau [qui] comprend un tube métallique de gros calibre relié à un réservoir, ainsi qu'un système de soupapes à l'extrémité submergée.

OBS

[...] en forme de pyramide renversée par lequel on fait couler du mortier, du béton.

OBS

trémie : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Automated Materials Handling
DEF

A feeder designed to extract material from a hopper having a longitudinal side slot and a bottom in the form of a shelf. The feeder is provided with one or more power-driven rotary paddles mounted on a power-propelled travelling frame, the paddles being arranged to extract material from the bottom shelf of the hopper.

OBS

horizontal paddle-wheel feeder: Term standardized by the British Standards Institution; paddle wheel feeder: Term standardized by the United States of America Standards; horizontal rotary feeder with paddles: Term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • horizontal rotary feeder with paddlers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Manutention automatique
DEF

(...) distributeur conçu pour extraire le produit d'une trémie, équipé d'un obturateur longitudinal, placé latéralement et dont le fond a la forme d'une tablette. Le distributeur est équipé d'une ou plusieurs pales tournantes montées sur un châssis moteur mobile [;] ces pales sont disposées pour extraire le produit du fond en forme de tablette de la trémie.

OBS

Distributeur à pales tournantes horizontales

OBS

distributeur à pales tournantes : Terme normalisé par l'ISO; distributeur à pales tournantes horizontales : Terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transportadores y canaletas (Manutención)
  • Manipulación automática de materiales
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