Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

carro portacabezas

English translation:

conveyor belt head pulley- / shaft-carrying / -transporting vehicle

Added to glossary by BristolTEc
Oct 21, 2010 12:39
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

carro portacabezas

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems Mining equipment
From Spain for translation to British English. In a report on open cast mining operations.

A machine used to displace wide conveyor belts to a new working position.

"De igual modo las cabezas y colas de las cintas están construidas en base a estructuras metálicas compactas de manejo sencillo que pueden arrastrase tirando con bulldocer (cintas de ancho [intermediate]) o con carro portacabezas en el caso de las cintas [wider]."

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conveyor belt head pulley- / shaft-carrying / -transporting vehicle

"Likewise the head and tail pulleys / shafts of the conveyor belts are made of compact easy-to-handle metal structures which can dragged / pulled by bulldozer (intermediate-sized belts) or ***belt head pulley- / shaft-carrying / -transporting vehicle*** in the case of [wider-sized] belts.

sources:

***Head and tail drive pulleys for coal conveyor belt*** - 2 Jul 2010 ... The conveyor belt running between mining giants Anglo Thermal's Zibulo mine and BHP Billiton's Klipspruit project's Phola coal processing ...
www.miningweekly.com/.../head-and-tail-drive-pulleys-for-zi... -

[PDF] Conveyor Belt Maintenance - : PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick view
***Conveyor belt maintenance not only includes proper care of the .... belt is flipped over at the head and tail on the return side***. This allows the belt to ...
www.fennerdunlopamericas.com/pdf/MaintenanceFDA0105.pdf -

[PDF] MILLING MACHINE CONVEYOR BELT ADJUSTMENT !!!WARNING!!! NEVER ... - : PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick view
IF THE ***CONVEYOR BELT IS TRACKING TO EITHER THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR HEAD SHAFT OR TAIL SHAFT*** THEN THE OPPOSITE END WILL NEED TO BE ...
www.roadtec.com/downloads/conveyor_belt_adjustment.pdf -

Belt Conveyor,Conveyor Idler Manufacturer,Conveyor Roller in China - Our prime products are carrying idlers, impact idlers, training idlers, ***conveyor head pulleys, conveyor tail pulleys and belt conveyors***. ...
www.beltconveyoridler.com/ -

[PPT] Guarding Conveyor Belts - A New Perspective on Equipment Guarding - : Microsoft Powerpoint - HTML
20 May 2010 ... ***Belt Conveyor Components to Guard. Head & tail pulleys***; Take-up & bend pulleys; Return rollers (Subject to miner's exposure) ...
www.usmra.com/.../Conveyors/Equipment_Guarding_Conveyor_Bel...

[DOC] Training of Conveyor Belt - : Microsoft Word - HTML
***When training a new conveyor, the first adjustment should be to make certain that the belt will travel centered on the head and tail pulleys***. ...
www.conveyorandrubber.com/.../Training of Conveyor Belt.doc -
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87 days

conveyor shifting equipment/apparatus

I am in need of a translation of this term too, but cannot come up with anything other than the above so far, which would also include the dozers and not just the carro portacabezas. Did you find anything specific in the end?

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Note added at 87 days (2011-01-17 12:26:13 GMT)
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Sorry, some refs:

http://base.thyssenkrupp.com/pages/en/Miningandextractione/I...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DsSmPKEOWDcC&pg=PA1440&lp...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qJJrYnpT2pYC&pg=PA506&lpg...
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