balancier tandem flottant

English translation: tandem walking beam

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French term or phrase:balancier tandem flottant
English translation:tandem walking beam
Entered by: Bashiqa

13:23 Sep 25, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense / Armoured vehicles
French term or phrase: balancier tandem flottant
Context:
La suspension arrière est un balancier tandem flottant de capacité nominale de 67 200 avec une course de 1524,0 mm (60 in.).

in tandem floating pendulum?

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Bashiqa
France
Local time: 08:03
tandem walking beam
Explanation:
Ce que c'est en français:
http://www.bruneau-materiel-agricole.com/plateaux/gamme-paci...
un essieu tandem balancier est suspendu au châssis entre les deux essieux, la liaison entre eux étant assurée par un balancier oscillant, ce qui permet de très grandes courses de suspension, le rappel de chaque essieu est assuré par le poids sur l'autre
Une bonne photo de principe ici:
http://pinstake.com/essieux-de-remorque-essieu-600-kg-sf-bai...
et l'illustration des capacités en course ici:
http://www.probec-intl.com/tandem-a-balancier

Animation en anglais du walking beam:
http://timbren.com/silent-ride/
et divers autres modes de liaison au châssis:
http://www.vannattabros.com/truck61.html
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Local time: 08:03
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tandem walking beam


Explanation:
Ce que c'est en français:
http://www.bruneau-materiel-agricole.com/plateaux/gamme-paci...
un essieu tandem balancier est suspendu au châssis entre les deux essieux, la liaison entre eux étant assurée par un balancier oscillant, ce qui permet de très grandes courses de suspension, le rappel de chaque essieu est assuré par le poids sur l'autre
Une bonne photo de principe ici:
http://pinstake.com/essieux-de-remorque-essieu-600-kg-sf-bai...
et l'illustration des capacités en course ici:
http://www.probec-intl.com/tandem-a-balancier

Animation en anglais du walking beam:
http://timbren.com/silent-ride/
et divers autres modes de liaison au châssis:
http://www.vannattabros.com/truck61.html


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Reference: findings

Reference information:
Effects of Heavy-vehicle Characteristics on Pavement Response and ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=030905351X
Thomas D. Gillespie - 1993 - ‎Pavement
The damping value assumed for the air-spring suspensions in these ... ***The walking-beam tandem suspension*** shows the highest DLC mainly because it is ...
Patent US4699399 - Tandem-axle walking beam suspension - Google ...
www.google.co.uk/patents/US4699399
13 Oct 1987 - A***tandem-axle walking beam suspension*** is disclosed which uses bushings of novel design in the bores at opposite ends of the walking beams.

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I started here:

http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...

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TERACRUZER WITH MACE MISSILE
manuals.hobbico.com/rmx/85-7812.pdf
Para lateral del marco del bogie. 131. Lt. Walking Beam. Balancier flottant gauche. Balancín izquierdo. 132. Rt. Walking Beam. Balancier flottant droit. Balancín ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: Interesting. When I was a young lad (many years ago) and an apprentice in the steel industry, we worked on 'walking beam' furnaces. Have to confess that I can't remember exactly how they worked or why.

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Reference

Reference information:
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A tandem trailer axle having a floating walking beam suspension system 10 is shown in FIG. 1.
http://www.google.es/patents/US7320469

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39
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Asker: Thank you.

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