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18:57 Jan 10, 2012

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Spanish term or phrase: astronave

Appears in a workplace health and safety document for tunnel boring machines.

TRANSPORTE DE DOVELAS
Las dovelas son trasportadas en trenes desde la Playa de vías en el Exterior hasta el back-up correspondiente de la tuneladora, en el que por medio de la *astronave* se descarga el tren y posteriormente se transportan hasta el erector.

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Cherry picker - A gantry crane used in large tunnels to pick up muck

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Las dovelas entran sin cesar en el cuerpo y un artefacto denominado astronave las introduce en la zona del escudo donde, después, el erector las implanta en su lugar definitivo.

I haven't found a definitive answer, but if you Google astronave + tunel + dovelas you get lots of promising leads.

Reference: http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20100921/54009923343/la-tun...

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Reference: Cherry picker - A gantry crane used in large tunnels to pick up muck

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Appendix B Frequently Used Tunneling Terms
140.194.76.129/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-2.../a-b.pdf
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