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GUIDE BOOM [5 records]

Record 1 2012-07-19

English

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

A barrier of logs or other timbers linked by chains and serving to restrain or enclose floating logs, pulpwood, etc.

OBS

[The] pieces of timber, generally logs(termed "boom sticks")... are linked end to end by "boom chains" or "boom cables", so as to hold, contain and/or guide floating logs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du bois
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Chaîne de bois servant à retenir, à entourer les bois flottés, ainsi qu'à favoriser les opérations de flottage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Add versatility with : Swing boom, Dozer blade, Rotator... Log clamps, Concrete block tines(John Deere, Forestry Equipment Purchasing Guide for 1979, 1979, p. 49).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Accessoire de manutention dissymétrique, composé de bras profilés pour soulever les arbres ou les billes et les retenir durant la manutention.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Explotación forestal
Key term(s)
  • garras de troncos
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Record 3 1986-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Constructions navales
OBS

1951

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

glance boom-estacade de glissement,(1951) guide boom-estacade de direction(1951)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Constructions navales
OBS

(1951) fender (fender boom) à Welland et écluse no 4 de Lachine câble de protection

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
OBS

(F.G.)

Spanish

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