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MUD HOPPER [3 records]

Record 1 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
CONT

Mechanical street sweepers are the "heavy duty" machines of the industry; having the capability to move the most material in the least amount of time. This general class of street sweeper utilize a system of brooms and either a "squeegee" or belt conveyor to move debris from the ground into a hopper contained within the street sweeper. A mechanical broom sweeper can pick up large chunks of debris. A mechanical broom sweeper can "dig into" and remove hard packed dirt and mud. Mechanical sweepers are very efficient when picking up wet leaves, large aggregate particles, small limbs, smashed cans, etc. Dust control for this type of machine can be a problem because of the churning action of the brooms. The onboard street sweeper water spraying system(dust control) will generally mitigate dust when working in low debris areas.

CONT

Road cleaning machine ... A demonstration of the mechanical road cleaner was held today to clean the V-4 roads near the Kiran Cinema in sector 22.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Équipements urbains
CONT

balayeuse : En général, véhicule [...] utilisé pour le nettoiement de la voie publique. [...] Il existe trois types d'engin : les balayeuses mécaniques tractées, semi-portées ou automotrices; elles comportent un balai cylindrique tournant autour d'un axe horizontal. [...] les balayeuses ramasseuses [...] les balayeuses aspiratrices automotrices ou montées sur camion porteur.

OBS

balayeuse : Engin tracté ou automoteur de nettoyage des chaussées.

Key term(s)
  • balai mécanique de rues
  • balayeuse mécanique de routes

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
  • Ship and Boat Parts
Key term(s)
  • mud hopper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
  • Parties des bateaux
Key term(s)
  • trémie à boues

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

The [washer, stoner and whizzer] is in two sections, the washing and stoning tank and the whizzer. Water is contained in the washing and stoning tank(...), and the wheat is fed through a spout(...) into a trough containing a worm conveyor, or wheat worm(...) ;below the wheat worm is the stoning worm(...). The spout discharges the wheat through a troughed feed hopper into the rising side of the wheat worm, which keeps the wheat suspended in the water and conveys it towards the whizzer, while the agitation of the water dissolves and washes away the mud balls and surface dirt; stones and metal particles sink into the stoning worm, which conveys them in the opposite direction and delivers them to a stone-collecting hopper(...)

OBS

washing and stoning tank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Les cuviers épierreurs lavent le blé à grande eau et séparent par flottaison les fragments de pierre, plus lourds, et aussi les corps moins lourds que le blé. Les grains sont ensuite séchés par passage dans des essoreuses.

Spanish

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