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CABLE CRANE [3 records]

Record 1 2015-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
  • Overhead Cableways
  • Construction Site Equipment
DEF

A crane whose supporting elements are ropes secured to the tops of supporting masts.

OBS

blondin: after Blondin the tightrope walker; the French word for a cableway.

OBS

cable crane: term and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • cable way
  • aerial cable way

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
  • Transporteurs aériens sur câbles
  • Matériel de chantier
DEF

Appareil de levage à charge suspendue dont les éléments porteurs sont des câbles fixés en haut des palées-supports.

OBS

blondin : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

blondin : de Blondin, nom propre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gantry and Travelling Cranes
DEF

A crane with a load-handling device suspended from a trolley travelling along track ropes secured to masts.

OBS

cable crane; cable type crane: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponts roulants et portiques (Levage)
DEF

Appareil de levage dont le dispositif de préhension est suspendu à un chariot qui se déplace le long de câbles porteurs fixés à des palées-supports.

OBS

blondin; appareil de levage à charge suspendue du type blondin : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Transport of Wood
  • Overhead Cableways
DEF

Powered cable-logging equipment that allows loads to be hauled into a skyline from considerable distances laterally ... and then transports them along it, e.g. the Wyssen system.

OBS

cable-crane: term considered as deprecated by the authors of Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products.

Key term(s)
  • cable crane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Transport du bois
  • Transporteurs aériens sur câbles
DEF

Équipement de téléphérage mécanisé qui permet de haler des grumes vers un câble-grue à partir d'assez grandes distances transversales, puis de les transporter le long du câble-grue [...]

Key term(s)
  • cable grue transversal

Spanish

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