stackers

19:15 Feb 17, 2012

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English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)

English term or phrase: stackers

Very little context, it's a milestone:
Bids Received – Stackers and Reclaimers – 13 Jan 2012
Bids Received – Shiploaders – 13 Jan 2012

I know this should be very easy but I'm looking for community support.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacker

« gerbeurs / empileuse » don't seem to fit.

http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/fra/brevet/211...
This yields « ENGIN DE MISE ET DE REPRISE AU TAS » -- does that sound right?

Marc Rizkallah KudoZ activity Questions: 230 (6 open) (3 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 37 Austria
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Summary of answers provided

4 +1

empileurs et récupérateurs

Nancie Leduc

roues-pelles

FX Fraipont (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 mins confidence:

roues-pelles

Explanation:
"Excavateur, sur rails ou sur chenilles, comportant, à l'extrémité d'un bras, une roue équipée de godets munis de dents résistant à l'abrasion, utilisé pour extraire des matériaux tendres (en place) ou pour reprendre un stock de matériaux en vrac."
http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionnaires/francais/roue-pelle...

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 16:37
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 2177

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

empileurs et récupérateurs

Explanation:
Empileur-récupérateur : gros appareil pouvant à la fois empiler le vrac en piles d'entreposage et le récupérer à l'aide d'une roue-pelle

Example sentence(s):

http://www.metso.com/miningandconstruction/mm_bulk.nsf/WebWID/WTB-041103-2256F-F999B
http://www.abb.ca/industries/db0003db004335/3005f0028f5d5e47c12576be006e27f5.aspx

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacker
Reference: http://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&que...

Nancie Leduc
Canada
Local time: 10:37
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Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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