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BIRD CAGE [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Containers
  • Transport of Goods
  • Security
DEF

A container and attached cage-like structure for maintaining a safe distance between a body of fissile material and other objects (including other bodies of fissile material), which, if brought too close, might give rise to criticality.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO and ANSI.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conteneurs
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Sécurité
DEF

Conteneur servant au transport et au stockage de produits fissiles. Il comprend un récipient principal maintenu au centre d'une structure extérieure, analogue à une cage. Le produit fissile est placé dans le récipient. Et le rôle de la cage est de tenir ce produit fissile à distance suffisante des conteneurs voisins pour éviter tout risque de criticité.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bird cage: an item in the "Animal Husbandry Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

cage d'oiseaux : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d’élevage d’animaux» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A small round platform for hauling workers on and off the rig. It is enclosed with wire so no one can fall out, and it is raised or lowered by the crane on the rig.

DEF

A contrivance consisting of interwoven rope lines and a floatable ring on which men ride when being transferred from boat to rig or rig to boat on offshore locations.

CONT

As the boat came alongside, the crane operator on the rig lowered the birdcage, a small round platform enclosed by wire cables to keep people from falling off. Two or three men at a time climbed aboard the birdcage and were hauled into the air, then lowered to the rig platform, or deck.

OBS

A personnel net is usually rigged up to a crane.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

Du navire ravitailleur à la plate-forme, l'équipage transite dans le «panier».

Spanish

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Record 4 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 5 1998-04-20

English

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

To flatten and spread the strands in a wire rope.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

Conically-shaped rescue net.

OBS

Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Filet de sauvetage en forme de cage d'oiseau.

OBS

Terminologie adoptée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Raw Materials (Glass Industry)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières premières (Industrie du verre)

Spanish

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