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frotador

English translation: shoegear


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Spanish term or phrase:frotador
English translation:shoegear
Entered by: David Brown
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13:05 May 22, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: frotador
This is part of a train braking system that I blieve is used to recover power in the form of momentum and change into electrical current.

"Para la preparación de la oferta se han considerado los mismos frotadores positivos montados en los bogies motrices."
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 10:59
shoegear
Explanation:
frotador
ES: frotador
EN: shoegear
Definition EN: equipment for collecting current from a conductor rail

Shoegear is usually mounted on the bogies close to the third rail. It is often equipped with devices to enable it to be retracted if required to isolate the ...
www.encyclo.co.uk/define/shoegear - 15k -
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David Brown
Local time: 10:59
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Summary of answers provided
4pantograph
telefpro
4friction blockpolyglot45
3shoegearDavid Brown


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pantograph


Explanation:
Diccionario tecnico

telefpro
Local time: 15:29
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friction block


Explanation:
given the context

(otherwise it can be a contact strip for the panotgraph)

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-22 14:50:30 GMT)
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right - let's be a bit more precise: a frotador can be a contect strip on a pantograph (though it is not a term used to designate the pantograph as a whole). Since it is at bogie level (cf. text), then it is more likely to be a friction block, side friction block or transom.
It could just about be a contact slipper, if we were talking about a third-rail system but I doubt it

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shoegear


Explanation:
frotador
ES: frotador
EN: shoegear
Definition EN: equipment for collecting current from a conductor rail

Shoegear is usually mounted on the bogies close to the third rail. It is often equipped with devices to enable it to be retracted if required to isolate the ...
www.encyclo.co.uk/define/shoegear - 15k -

David Brown
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May 29, 2009 - Changes made by David Brown:
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