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TETE ABATTAGE CISAILLE [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1987-06-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- tree feller with shear attachment
1, record 1, English, tree%20feller%20with%20shear%20attachment
proposal
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- abatteuse à cisaille
1, record 1, French, abatteuse%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- abatteuse type cisaille 2, record 1, French, abatteuse%20type%20cisaille
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
abatteuse équipée d’une tête d’abattage à cisaille [...] 1, record 1, French, - abatteuse%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Tête d’abattage à cisaille :Tête d’abattage dont l'outil de coupe est une cisaille. 1, record 1, French, - abatteuse%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1986-07-10
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- topping shear
1, record 2, English, topping%20shear
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- top shear 1, record 2, English, top%20shear
correct
- topping knives 1, record 2, English, topping%20knives
correct
- tree-top cutter 1, record 2, English, tree%2Dtop%20cutter
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The harvesting head basically consists of: ...; and a scissor-type topping shear with an 8-inch (20-cm) capacity (E. Heidersdorf, Evaluation of Lajoie "Fibre-Flow" Harvester Head, April 1976, p. 1). 1, record 2, English, - topping%20shear
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cisaille d’écimage
1, record 2, French, cisaille%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9cimage
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Outil de coupe formé de deux lames au bord tranchant qui pivotent simultanément l’une vers l’autre pour sectionner la cime de l’arbre par cisaillement. 1, record 2, French, - cisaille%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9cimage
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La cisaille d’écimage est souvent partie intégrante du chariot d’ébranchage ou de la tête d’abattage-ébranchage. Tout comme pour la cisaille d’abattage, il peut arriver que la cisaille d’écimage ne comporte qu'une seule lame mobile. 1, record 2, French, - cisaille%20d%26rsquo%3B%C3%A9cimage
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1986-07-02
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- shear felling head
1, record 3, English, shear%20felling%20head
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- shear head 1, record 3, English, shear%20head
correct
- tree feller shear attachment 1, record 3, English, tree%20feller%20shear%20attachment
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
(The operator) could recycle the tree to obtain more impact for delimbing, he could snip the unwanted top with the shear felling head, or he could use the butt of the next tree, held in the felling head, to strike and break off the irregular top (M.P. Folkema, The John Deere 743 Tree Harvester: Longer-Term Data Collection from two Operations, October 1978, p. 10). 1, record 3, English, - shear%20felling%20head
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- tête d'abattage à cisaille
1, record 3, French, t%C3%AAte%20d%27abattage%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tête d’abattage dont l'outil de coupe est une cisaille. 1, record 3, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%27abattage%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1986-07-02
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Industrial Tools and Equipment
- Forestry Operations
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- shear arms
1, record 4, English, shear%20arms
correct, plural
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- shear frame 1, record 4, English, shear%20frame
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The shear arms and blades are easily removed from the head and a wide range of optional shear blade designs is available (Koehring Canada Ltd, KH3D Shortwood Harvester, 1979). 1, record 4, English, - shear%20arms
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The open, angled configuration of the shear frame allows for increased operator visibility (M.P. Folkema et R. Legault, Evaluation of the Logging Development Corporation Processing Head, Model 421, January 1976, p. 6). 1, record 4, English, - shear%20arms
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Outillage industriel
- Exploitation forestière
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- bras de coupe
1, record 4, French, bras%20de%20coupe
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Partie inférieure de la tête d’abattage formée de deux pièces jumelées qui se placent de part et d’autre de l’arbre à abattre et qui renferment les outils de coupe. 1, record 4, French, - bras%20de%20coupe
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Bras de coupe a évidemment un sens plus large que shear arms ou shear frame et ne s’applique pas uniquement à la cisaille, mais à tout autre outil de coupe(fraise, chaîne coupante, etc.) monté dans une tête d’abattage. 1, record 4, French, - bras%20de%20coupe
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1986-06-25
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- non-shearing felling head
1, record 5, English, non%2Dshearing%20felling%20head
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- non-shear type head 1, record 5, English, non%2Dshear%20type%20head
correct
- non-shear felling head 1, record 5, English, non%2Dshear%20felling%20head
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Central Interior loggers, faced with losses due to butt damage ... recently approached FERIC to carry out a comprehensive study on non-shearing felling heads on log harvesting equipment (Hiballer Forest Magazine, August 1979, p. 28). 1, record 5, English, - non%2Dshearing%20felling%20head
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- tête d’abattage sans cisaille
1, record 5, French, t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20sans%20cisaille
correct, proposal, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tête d’abattage dont l’outil de coupe travaille autrement que par cisaillement, conçue dans le but de réduire les dommages causés à la bille de pied. 1, record 5, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20sans%20cisaille
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Devant l’importance des pertes de bois de sciage constatées en usine, on a entrepris une série d’études sur les têtes d’abattage sans cisaille, dans le but de réduire les fentes de la bille de pied. 1, record 5, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20sans%20cisaille
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les têtes d’abattage sans cisaille comprennent des têtes d’abattage à chaîne coupante, à fraise ou à scie circulaire. 1, record 5, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20sans%20cisaille
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1986-06-25
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- grapple arm
1, record 6, English, grapple%20arm
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- holding arm 1, record 6, English, holding%20arm
correct
- grabbing arm 1, record 6, English, grabbing%20arm
correct
- grab arm 1, record 6, English, grab%20arm
correct
- clamping arm 1, record 6, English, clamping%20arm
correct
- clamp arm 1, record 6, English, clamp%20arm
correct
- gripper arm 1, record 6, English, gripper%20arm
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The felling device is equipped with two fixed and two movable grapple arms (Teknik, No. 1E, 1975, p. 2). 1, record 6, English, - grapple%20arm
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Holding arms are controlled by two independent cylinders properly allowing for extreme tree taper (Kockums Ltd., Kockums, Logging News). 1, record 6, English, - grapple%20arm
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- bras de préhension
1, record 6, French, bras%20de%20pr%C3%A9hension
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- bras préhenseur 1, record 6, French, bras%20pr%C3%A9henseur
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Chacun des deux membres de la pince de préhension qui saisissent l’arbre et le retiennent durant l’abattage ou le façonnage. 1, record 6, French, - bras%20de%20pr%C3%A9hension
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Tête d’abattage : elle comporte une cisaille et deux bras de préhension(Le machinisme forestier en matière d’abattage, Deuxième partie, dans : Courrier de l'exploitant et du scieur, no 6, 3e trimestre 1972, p. 2). 1, record 6, French, - bras%20de%20pr%C3%A9hension
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Suivant la position des bras l’un par rapport à l’autre, on parlera de bras de préhension inférieur ou supérieur. Certaines abatteuses comportent également des bras préhenseurs dont l’un est fixe (fixed ou stationary) et l’autre mobile (movable ou moving). 1, record 6, French, - bras%20de%20pr%C3%A9hension
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1986-06-25
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- multi-stem shear head
1, record 7, English, multi%2Dstem%20shear%20head
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- multi-stem shear 1, record 7, English, multi%2Dstem%20shear
correct
- multiple tree shear head 1, record 7, English, multiple%20tree%20shear%20head
correct
- multiple tree shear 1, record 7, English, multiple%20tree%20shear
correct
- multi-tree shear 1, record 7, English, multi%2Dtree%20shear
correct
- accumulating shear 1, record 7, English, accumulating%20shear
correct
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
With its wide stance, standard 29.5 X 35 tires and hydraulic stabilizing cylinders, it handles its 24 [inch] multi-stem shear head and 2 500 lb. rated boom load with no difficulty (Koehring Canada Ltd, KFB4 Feller-Buncher, 1979). 1, record 7, English, - multi%2Dstem%20shear%20head
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- tête collectrice à cisaille
1, record 7, French, t%C3%AAte%20collectrice%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
correct, proposal, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- tête à cisaille et à pince collectrice 1, record 7, French, t%C3%AAte%20%C3%A0%20cisaille%20et%20%C3%A0%20pince%20collectrice
correct, proposal, feminine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tête d’abattage dont l'outil de coupe est une cisaille et qui possède, outre son dispositif de préhension, un autre mécanisme servant à retenir quatre ou cinq arbres au fur et à mesure de leur abattage, de façon à les déposer au sol en un seul mouvement. 1, record 7, French, - t%C3%AAte%20collectrice%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La tête collectrice à cisaille peut couper deux ou trois arbres de 12 à 20 cm avant de les déposer au sol. 1, record 7, French, - t%C3%AAte%20collectrice%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
De la même façon, on pourrait parler de tête à chaîne coupante et à pince collectrice ou de tête à fraise et à pince collectrice. 1, record 7, French, - t%C3%AAte%20collectrice%20%C3%A0%20cisaille
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1986-06-25
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Forestry Operations
- Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- convertible saw-shear felling head
1, record 8, English, convertible%20saw%2Dshear%20felling%20head
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The company will present new products such as the convertible saw-shear felling head ... (Canadian Forest Industries, March 1979, p. 69). 1, record 8, English, - convertible%20saw%2Dshear%20felling%20head
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Exploitation forestière
- Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- tête d’abattage à outils de coupe interchangeables
1, record 8, French, t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20%C3%A0%20outils%20de%20coupe%20interchangeables
correct, proposal, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tête d’abattage qui offre la possibilité de changer la partie inférieure ou bras de coupe, selon que l'on prévoit couper des bois à pâte ou des bois de sciage, c'est-à-dire qu'on pourra installer à volonté une cisaille, ou bien une scie à chaîne et un sécateur. 1, record 8, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20%C3%A0%20outils%20de%20coupe%20interchangeables
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La tête d’abattage à outils de coupe interchangeables permet à l'exploitant de passer rapidement d’une abatteuse à cisaille à une abatteuse à tête combinée si le peuplement comporte des arbres de plus fort diamètre se prêtant bien au sciage. 1, record 8, French, - t%C3%AAte%20d%26rsquo%3Babattage%20%C3%A0%20outils%20de%20coupe%20interchangeables
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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