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sujeción (for railway tracks)

English translation: fastening system

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Spanish term or phrase:sujeción (for railway tracks)
English translation:fastening system
Entered by: Parrot

15:39 Mar 4, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Railways
Spanish term or phrase: sujeción (for railway tracks)
La vía está compuesta por carriles UIC-54, sobre traviesas de hormigón monobloque y *sujeción* tipo K. Los carriles forman barra larga soldada (soldadura aluminotérmica y eléctrica).
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 13:51
fastening system
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Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 05:51
Grading comment
Gracias, creo que el "tipo K" se refiere al metal empleado.
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5 +1fastening system
Margaret Schroeder
4K shackle (gooseneck, yoke)
José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X)


  

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fastening system


Explanation:
Check some of the references below; I think you will find that they refer to your term in a similar context.


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en%7Clang_es&q=ra...
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 05:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1449
Grading comment
Gracias, creo que el "tipo K" se refiere al metal empleado.

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K shackle (gooseneck, yoke)


Explanation:
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"Gooseneck, n. 1. A wooden bar used to couple two logging trucks. (Gen.) Syn.: rooster (P. C. F.) 2. The point of draft on a logging sled; it consists of a curved iron hook bolted to the roll. (N. F.) 3. A V-shaped pair of thills joining the forward and rear sets of runners of a logging sled. (N. W.) 4. A curved iron driven into the bottom of a slide to check the speed of descending logs. (App. - R. M. F) Syn.: scotch, sprag. (App.) 5. See Yoke. "



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José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X)
Argentina
Local time: 08:51
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1050
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