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Term of the Road Dictionary

axle load scale

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Vehicles
  • Definition : Scale installed in a fixed location, having a load-receiving element specially adapted to determine the combined load of all wheels or a single axle or on a tandem axle of a vehicle [COST 323].
  • Synonyms : axle weigher

Achslastwaage

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Fahrzeuge
  • Definition : Fix installierte Waage mit einem lastaufnehmenden Element, welche zur Bestimmung von Rad- oder Achslasten von Einzel-, Doppel- oder Dreifachachsen eines Fahrzeuges dient [COST 323].

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