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DRAGUE PELLE [7 records]

Record 1 2011-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

A machine for loading broken rock (ore or waste) at a working place in a mine.

CONT

Scoop trams are employed using a drawpoint to extract the ore from the stope. After a majority of the ore is extracted at the drawpoint, a remote controlled scoop tram directed by the operator from outside the excavation, enters the stope to muck the remaining ore.

OBS

[The scooptram] nowadays, tends to be trackless.

OBS

A tram with a scoop. From "tram", a truck (trackless) or car (on tracks) to carry loads in mines, and "scoop", the bucket of a dredge designed to load coal, earth, etc. [From the Gage Canadian Dictionary, the Webster's Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary.]

PHR

Scooptram operator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

Camion ou wagon muni d’un godet et servant au chargement du minerai dans une mine en vue de son transport vers l’affinerie.

OBS

On dit «wagon à godet» si le véhicule est sur rail, «benne à godet» s’il est autonome. Un «godet» est la pelle d’une drague ou d’une excavatrice.

PHR

Conducteur de wagon à godet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Extracción y transporte de minerales
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Record 2 2001-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
CONT

Watermaster (amphibious suction-bucket dredge). The Watermaster dredge is a backhoe mounted on a pontoon and equipped with stabilizers and a propeller.

Key term(s)
  • amphibious suction bucket dredge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
CONT

Drague amphibie(Watermaster). La drague amphibie Watermaster est une pelle rétrocaveuse montée sur un ponton et équipée de stabilisateurs ainsi que d’une hélice.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Dipper dredge. This dredge is basically a power shovel mounted on a pontoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Drague à cuiller. Cette drague est essentiellement une pelle mécanique montée sur un ponton.

Key term(s)
  • drague à cuillère

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

Maximum distance from the bucket cutting edge to the axis of rotation of the dipper arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Distance maximale entre l’arête coupante du godet et l’axe de rotation de la flèche.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding Yards and Docks
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

Dredger with a single bucket on an arm which moves towards the vessel as the bucket excavates the soil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chantiers maritimes
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Drague à un seul godet sur un bras, excavant les matériaux pendant son mouvement vers la drague.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chutes, Spouts and Conveyors
  • Construction Site Equipment
  • Automated Materials Handling
DEF

A container on some bulk-handling equipment, such as a bucket elevator, bucket dredge, or bucket conveyor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Convoyeurs et goulottes (Manutention)
  • Matériel de chantier
  • Manutention automatique
DEF

Sorte d’auge de capacité et de forme variable, utilisée dans un certain nombre d’appareils de manutention, tels que chaîne sans fin, drague, élévateur, excavateur, pelle mécanique, pelleteuse.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
OBS

can best be described as a gigantic shovel, moved by mechanical or hydraulic means. The scoop with which the actual dredging operation is performed has a hinged bottom for discharge purposes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
CONT

La drague à pelle mécanique est en fait constituée par une immense pelle actionnée mécaniquement ou hydrauliquement. La pelle mécanique est formée par un bac rectangulaire avec un fond articulé permettant de décharger(...)

OBS

Source : PD.

Spanish

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