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Record 1 1988-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Equipment
DEF

A jackhammer type of rock drill used in shaft sinking.

CONT

Sinker drills are used by CN masonry crews and by B.& B. gangs when drilling and dowelling stone masonry structures such as piers and abutments of bridges, masonry culverts and masonry walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de chantier
OBS

perforateur de rochers : marteau à percussion ou à impact entraînant un fleuret.

OBS

Le perforateur de rochers se distingue du brise-béton par son fleuret qui tourne sur lui-même et qui, en fait, écrase la roche.

Spanish

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