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Term of the Road Dictionary

corner casting

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Component found at the base of a container or swap body into which a twist lock of a carrying vehicle will engage for securing the unit during transit. Note: containers also have them fitted at the top to enable lifting by a gantry or mobile crane, and to lock containers together when being stacked [EN 14943].

Eckbeschlag

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : Bestandteile am Grund eines Containers oder eines Wechselaufbaus/einer Wechselbrücke, in die die Schäkel eines Transportfahrzeugs einrasten, um die Einheit während des Transports zu sichern. Anmerkung: bei Containern sind diese Beschläge auch am Deckel befestigt, um das Anheben durch eine Containerbrücke oder einen Mobilkran zu ermöglichen und um Container zusammenzuschließen, wenn sie gestapelt werden [EN 14943].

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