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Document ID (ISN)34616
CIS number 80-2041
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Forysiak
Title Earthmoving by suction - A look at some new techniques
Original title Le terrassement par aspiration - Ouverture à de nouvelles techniques de travail. [in French]
Bibliographic information Caisse régionale d'assurance maladie du Nord de la France, 11 boulevard Vauban, B.P. 3008, 59024 Lille Cedex, France, 4 June 1980. 6p. Gratis.
Abstract Communication to the Joint Regional Technical Committee for Building Construction and Civil Engineering (Comité technique régional du bâtiment et des travaux publics), Lille, France, describing a new pneumatic method for removal of excavated material and the equipment used. Uses: construction of isolated secondary gas piping in urbanised areas; exploratory boring; drilling of holes for overhead-line poles; detecting leaks in piping; cleaning observation ports for pipeline cocks.
Descriptors (primary) trenching and excavating; construction industry; earthmoving
Descriptors (secondary) description of equipment; compressed air; description of technique; bulk materials handling; pipelaying
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Trenching and excavating
Construction industry and civil engineering