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RETRIEVER CRANE [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Automated Materials Handling
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

Suspended mast crane: A powered overhead travelling crane where the crab carries an inverted mast. The load is carried on forks, or other attachments mounted on a carriage arranged to travel up and down the mast which is capable of rotating around its vertical axis. The control of the crane can either be through the medium of a pendant push button or from a cabin carried on the mast or mounted on the carriage.

CONT

Stacker cranes have also been employed in automated storage and retrieval systems. Each stack location is given a code number that is placed on a punched card or other control device. When a shipment or order is received, the punched card is inserted to activate the system, and the stacker crane automatically finds the right location.

OBS

stacker crane: This term is deprecated, according to the French source TECHN. Not to be confused with "stacker" or "stacking truck" (in French "gerbeur").

Key term(s)
  • retriever
  • storage and retrieval machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Manutention automatique
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
CONT

Deux catégories d'appareils ont été étudiées pour la manutention en magasins de charges isolées; d'une part, certains modèles de gerbeurs; d'autre part, les [...] transtockeurs. [...] Un transtockeur se compose [...] d'un mât vertical, guidé à ses deux extrémités par des rails, et d'une cabine, ou plate-forme, munie de fourches orientables et coulissant le long du mât. [...] Pour peu qu'on repère [...] chaque point desservi à l'aide d'un système de coordonnées, il devient possible [...] de commander à distance les opérations, voire de les programmer entièrement.

OBS

Voir la rubrique «transtockeur» du LGRAN.

OBS

Le terme «transtockeur» [...] n'est pas adopté par tous les constructeurs : certains disent «translateur», d'autres, «transélévateur». [...] Les Anglais ont dit d'abord «stacker crane» (pont gerbeur). Mais pour éviter toute confusion entre le vrai pont gerbeur et le transtockeur, ils ont adopté S/R machine [...]

Key term(s)
  • translateur
  • transélévateur

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