French: bac navetteEnglish translation: tote bin 
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Tech/Engineering - Automation & Robotics | | French term or phrase: bac navette | Not much context I'm afraid
This is the title of a picture in a website.
"installation globale bacs navettes"
I can't give the address of the website for the moment.
However, they look like the standard stackable plastic containers used to transport various items and even used in the home (only not so strong).
I found one picture here - http://www.otto-office.fr/fourniture/bacs_navette.html
which will give you an idea. Now imagine it in an industrial automated environment.
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| | | kanban bins | Explanation:
That, at least, is what you reference to the industrial environment makes me think of.
“ Nous avons adopté le "three bins system" ” explique-t-il. Ce système consiste à faire usage de trois bacs. Le contenu du premier est consommé sur le poste de fabrication, tandis qu’un second bac est en cours de remplissage dans le magasin, et qu’un bac dit "in process" circule entre ces deux positions extrêmes. “ On ne commence l’opération de remplissage que lorsqu’un bac vide se présente au magasin ”. Autant dire que le bac, emporté sur son chariot mobile, joue le rôle de la carte kanban traditionnelle.
www.txcom.fr/fichiers/443/toshiba.pdf
Kanban
The illustration below shows two rows of part bins which are set up for resupply by the two-bin kanban system.1 Initial assembly starts with all bins full of parts. When the part bin nearest the worker is depleted, the full bin behind moves forward, as shown by the empty space in the illustration. The empty part bin then is returned to its "source," which could be the machine that made the part, a sub-assembly workstation that assembled the part, or a supplier. The source fills the bin and returns it to this assembly workstation behind its counterpart which is now dispensing parts
http://www.build-to-order-consulting.com/kanban.htm
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Bourth
France
| Note from asker to answererThanks Bourth for your answer. I actually found what I needed through your references. The installation I have in my picture is definitely a tote bin installation.
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| kanban bins
Explanation:
That, at least, is what you reference to the industrial environment makes me think of.
“ Nous avons adopté le "three bins system" ” explique-t-il. Ce système consiste à faire usage de trois bacs. Le contenu du premier est consommé sur le poste de fabrication, tandis qu’un second bac est en cours de remplissage dans le magasin, et qu’un bac dit "in process" circule entre ces deux positions extrêmes. “ On ne commence l’opération de remplissage que lorsqu’un bac vide se présente au magasin ”. Autant dire que le bac, emporté sur son chariot mobile, joue le rôle de la carte kanban traditionnelle.
www.txcom.fr/fichiers/443/toshiba.pdf
Kanban
The illustration below shows two rows of part bins which are set up for resupply by the two-bin kanban system.1 Initial assembly starts with all bins full of parts. When the part bin nearest the worker is depleted, the full bin behind moves forward, as shown by the empty space in the illustration. The empty part bin then is returned to its "source," which could be the machine that made the part, a sub-assembly workstation that assembled the part, or a supplier. The source fills the bin and returns it to this assembly workstation behind its counterpart which is now dispensing parts
http://www.build-to-order-consulting.com/kanban.htm
If you don't like this answer you can bin-bag it.
| Bourth
France
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 22
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks Bourth for your answer. I actually found what I needed through your references. The installation I have in my picture is definitely a tote bin installation. |
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| shuttle bin / crate
Explanation:
I don't believe this is a special kind of 'plastic bin', but rather, its function --- it is used to 'shuttle' things from one place to another. If these are quite small, I'd say 'bin' (as used for storage of smaller components etc.), but when they get a bit larger (as used for bulkier things in your garage, for example), I'd call it a crate --- and specifically if it has pierced rather than solid walls.
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-05-26 14:18:11 GMT)
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Even gets a few Googles, as long as you discount the German ones where 'bin' is a verb!
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Note added at 31 mins (2006-05-26 14:43:50 GMT)
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I just found this site where they refer to a 'tote', which may be whate you're after (though no pix)
http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6299058.html
|  Tony M
France
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 15
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| Notes to answerer
Asker: I tried googling that already and wasn't convinced. These look fairly small, so I'll go for the bin :-) a google images search gives strange results.
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