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English translation: hydraulic stone-breaker


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French term or phrase:BRH
English translation:hydraulic stone-breaker
Entered by: AM Larrieu
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14:42 Aug 13, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / engin de chantier
French term or phrase: BRH
Tracto pelle 7 à 9 Tonnes (sans BRH)

Dans une liste d'engin de chantier.

Thanks for your help.
NewCal
New Caledonia
Local time: 05:47
hydraulic stone-breaker
Explanation:
photo : www.katec.cz/en/k6.html
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AM Larrieu
Local time: 20:47
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Just for the glossary because I haven't received a confirmation that it is the correct term.
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4 +1brise-roche hydraulicxxxBourth
5hydraulic stone-breaker
AM Larrieu


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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
BRH rise roche hydraulique
hydraulic stone-breaker


Explanation:
photo : www.katec.cz/en/k6.html

AM Larrieu
Local time: 20:47
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Just for the glossary because I haven't received a confirmation that it is the correct term.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
brise-roche hydraulic


Explanation:
Hydraulic breaker, pecker ... (there are other terms, but my mind is already turning to sex, so I'll stop).

A big pointy thing (steel - not what you're thinking) on the end of a digger arm, used for breaking possibly not so much rock as concrete, during demolition work.

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-08-13 14:52:51 GMT)
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"A big pointy thing on the end of a digger arm" - well, you know what Kiwis think of Aussies ...

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Note added at 35 mins (2007-08-13 15:18:21 GMT)
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No, the carriage has its engine to make it move, slew the rig, etc. and also to run a hydraulic pump that operates the ..... all right, I've had a cold shower ... the other word I was thinking of is ... "nibbler" ... oh my God, that's just as bad. Back to the shower.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-08-13 18:18:42 GMT)
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hydraulic hammer, impact hammer, rock breaker, hydraulic breaker - A hydraulically operated tool mounted on the jib or bucket of an excavator or loader. Though in principle it resembles the hand-held, compressed-air-driven concrete breaker or penumatic pick, it is many times more powerful, and with an 80mm thick point is far too heacy for one person to handle. In 1988 the largest hydraulic hammer weighed 3.5 tons. It is used ifor tunnel driving (even in granite) instead of blasting, or for scaling rock after blasting while the operator shelters in the cabin ...
[Scott / Penguin Dict. of Civ. ENg]

xxxBourth
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agree  jacqueb: Right, and excuse me for sounding like Henry James, but wouldn't the "pecker" be the "bite" at the end of the hydraulic jack-hammer?
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  -> And I shan't say which part of the anatomy a "nibbler" might attack.
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Changes made by editors
Aug 19, 2007 - Changes made by AM Larrieu:
Edited KOG entryAM Larrieu's old entry - "BRH" => "hydraulic stone-breaker"
Aug 19, 2007 - Changes made by AM Larrieu:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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