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RADII OPERATION [1 record]

Record 1 1982-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Cranes (Construction Sites)
OBS

(...) each manufacturer has rated his equipment as to lifting capacities at various radii of operation. This rating gives a crane its "10-ton" or "20-ton" name. But the rating does not mean that the crane can lift 10 or 20 tons at any angle of the boom or within any radius of operation.

Key term(s)
  • radii of operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Grues (Chantiers)

Spanish

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