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TWO AXLE SCRAPER COMBINATION [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
CONT

At least one manufacturer has a twin-engine scraper combination on two axles. The second engine is mounted at the rear in back of the scraper bowl. This engine puts power into the wheels on the rear axle. In this case all four wheels of what would be identified as a 4 X 4 scraper unit are drive wheels(...)

OBS

See section 11, page 1, in CATER-2E.

Key term(s)
  • twin-engine scraper
  • twin-engine unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

(...) [scraper] dont (...) la benne (...) comporte (...) un moteur(...) synchronisé avec celui du tracteur et qui attaque l'essieu de la benne.

OBS

Le terme décapeuse est recommandé par le Petit Robert (édition 1979) et la Revue générale des routes et des aérodromes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Road Construction Equipment
  • Road Maintenance
OBS

The other common arrangement is a three-axle scraper combination. In this case the tractor has two axles so that it can operate independently of a trailing unit.(...) The scraper part attached with only one axle puts more weight on the(...) [driving wheels]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
  • Entretien des routes
OBS

Ensemble composé d'une benne décapeuse (benne-scraper) à un essieu et d'un tracteur à deux essieux.

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Road Construction Equipment
DEF

This is the type [of scraper] that has one axle for the scraper (...) [bowl] and one for the prime mover. It might be called a 4x2 (wheels) unit, as a truck is identified. Such a combination cannot be separated and stand or operate independently of its counter part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Matériel de constr. (Voies de circulation)
CONT

Scraper automoteur (...). L'engin type se compose d'un tracteur à selle sur un ou deux essieux à pneus, avec système de remorque genre col de cygne (...) La benne scraper est montée sur train arrière (...)

OBS

L'emploi des équivalents décapeuse automotrice à deux essieux et scraper automoteur à deux essieux serait plus précis par rapport à l'anglais; cependant, ces emplois ne sont pas attestés. L'Académie française, la Revue générale des routes et des aérodromes et le Service linguistique de la Société d'énergie de la Baie James recommandent décapeuse pour scraper.

Spanish

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