MFO flywheel-drive

Spanish translation: accionamiento por volante de inercia de MFO (=Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon)

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English term or phrase:MFO flywheel-drive
Spanish translation:accionamiento por volante de inercia de MFO (=Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon)
Entered by: psicutrinius

16:55 Apr 2, 2007
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Flywheel technology
English term or phrase: MFO flywheel-drive
The first commercial FBW “Gyrobus”-operation with an MFO flywheel-drive started in September 1953

El texto habla de la tecnología de almacenamiento de energía en volantes de inercia
Carmen Cuervo-Arango
Spain
Local time: 18:35
Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon
Explanation:
MFO may stand for Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (a Swiss company now part of the ABB group), who were among the earliest experimenters in this field, and who tested a bus (if memory serves me well) in Zurich by the late fifties
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4Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon
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3control de volante MFO
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mfo flywheel-drive
Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon


Explanation:
MFO may stand for Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (a Swiss company now part of the ABB group), who were among the earliest experimenters in this field, and who tested a bus (if memory serves me well) in Zurich by the late fifties

psicutrinius
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mfo flywheel-drive
control de volante MFO


Explanation:
Supongo que MFO o es el tipo o son las siglas del fabricante- Una opción. Suerte!


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Marisol Sahagun
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