track idler roller leading

Italian translation: con il rullo folle di direzione in avanti/posizione anteriore

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English term or phrase:track idler roller leading
Italian translation:con il rullo folle di direzione in avanti/posizione anteriore
Entered by: Pompeo Lattanzi

14:10 Feb 19, 2009
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering / manuale vaglio
English term or phrase: track idler roller leading
Position the plant on solid and level ground and drive 2 metres minimum in a forward direction, track idler roller leading
Verdiana Votta
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con il rullo folle di direzione in avanti/posizione anteriore
Explanation:
"Track idler" é un rullo folle che serve solo a "direzionare" (brutto neologismo, lo so!) il macchinario. "Leading" indica che quel rullo deve essere in testa, cioè davanti al resto.
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4 +1con il rullo folle di direzione in avanti/posizione anteriore
Pompeo Lattanzi
3col rullo / cuscinetto (a rullo) di guida in avanti
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con il rullo folle di direzione in avanti/posizione anteriore


Explanation:
"Track idler" é un rullo folle che serve solo a "direzionare" (brutto neologismo, lo so!) il macchinario. "Leading" indica che quel rullo deve essere in testa, cioè davanti al resto.

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
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col rullo / cuscinetto (a rullo) di guida in avanti


Explanation:
L'idler roller, letteralmente, è una ruota libera:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idler wheel

1 : a wheel, gear, or roller used to transfer motion or to guide or support something

http://www.tpub.com/content/constructionbituminous/TM-5-3895...

http://www.osborn.com/lit/LR110.pdf

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