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Term of the Road Dictionary

spreader [cargo handling]

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : 1. Device used for lifting containers and unitized cargo. 2. Beam of frame that spreads the slings during cargo operations. 3. Mechanism connecting the lifting cables on a crane or gantry to a container. Note: a spreader has four adjustable fixing points designed to connect with the upper twistlock corners on 20' or 40' containers [EN 14943].

Spreader [beim Frachtumschlag]

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Multimodaler Transport
  • Definition : 1. Vorrichtung, die zum Anheben von Containern und Einheitsfrachten verwendet wird. 2. Rahmentraverse, die die Schlingen während des Ladungsverkehrs verteilt. 3. Mechanismus, der die Hebeseile an einem Kran oder einer Containerbrücke mit einem Container verbindet. Anmerkung: ein Spreader verfügt über vier einstellbare Befestigungspunkte, die der Verbindung mit den oberen Containerverriegelungen an 20-Fuß- bzw. 40-Fuß-Containern dienen [EN 14943].
  • Synonyms : Spreizer [beim Frachtumschlag]