Construction Machinary

Concrete Mixers with Hooper

Concrete mixer is a machine which combines the ingredients of concrete. It is a device that combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water homogeneously to form concrete. Generally concrete mixer consists of a revolving drum to mix the components. Some concrete mixers are also supplied with hoopers which helps in mixing work. Hooper supplies the granulars into a mixer where they are mixed in a definite proportion.

Air Compressor
An air compressor is a light machine which is considered to be the central power source for all varieties of air tools. Air compressors reduces the volume of a gas while increasing the pressure and heat. The pressure and the heat so generated has many industrial and small infrastructural applications. There are two main sources of power for an air compressor-gasoline and electric supply. Gas powered air compressor are applied in those areas where there is no electric supply. Whereas electric powered air compressor are best suited to those enclosed areas where gas fumes are unacceptable.

Jaw Crusher
Heavy rocks, stones and other minerals need to be crushed before they are used in any infrastructural projects. Jaw crusher, crush heavy rocks to minimal size and make them ready for the construction process. Jaw crushers, depending upon the nature of the work varies in size.

Excavators

Excavators are multiple usage heavy engineering machines consisting of bucket, cab, backhoes and are placed on tracks or wheels. Often the buckets are replaced by an auger, handler, breaker or grapple as per demand and usage. Some of the excavators also have the small dozer blade which is attached to the under carriage, for pushing removed materials back into hole.

Dumpers
Dumper is a small diesel-powered vehicle used to carry loads and materials to the construction sites। It has a towing eye on its back end, to tow such things as a air compressor to run pneumatic drills. Using steel dumpers, heavy duty containers are handled easily. The starting handle is used to start the dumper manually. Tipping, loading, refueling and traveling are some of the factors which should be considered while starting the dumpers.

Caterpillar
Caterpillar machines are those machines that are extensively used for the development, construction and maintenance of various infrastructure projects. Caterpillar incorporates within itself wide range of machines like loaders, excavators, dozers, backhoes etc. Working on different hydraulic principles caterpillars have engaged themselves in many small and big infrastructure projects since many years.

Loaders

Loader, is a machine usually wheeled, that uses a wide tilting bucket on the end of movable arms to lift and move materials. Often the bucket can be replaced with other devices depending on the nature of the work. For example buckets are sometimes replaced by clamshell or forks for doing certain tasks. Depending on the sizes and the nature of work to be performed, loaders can be classified as :

Skid Steer Loader
Telescopic Loader
Backhoe Loader
Wheel Loader
Scraper Loader
Crawler Loader
Skip Loader

Construction Scrapers

Scraper is an important mechanical equipment that is used for excavating, digging and hauling of materials. Scraper is available in different sizes and configuration depending on the nature of the project. It is one of the most versatile equipment that performs different functions single handedly.

Articulated Haulers
An articulated hauler is one of the most versatile piece of equipment which is a transition between a tractor-trailer and an articulated loader. The strength of an articulated hauler lies in the coupling and drive systems. Power and drive sections moves independently of the load section due to the coupling system. The two sections are attached together through an oscillating system which allows the two units to move in a rolling motion around its centerline.

Asphalt Paver
For the construction of roads asphalt is a major raw material. Asphalt is obtained from the processing of petroleum and is black to brown cement like materials. Asphalt contains bitumen as the predominant constituents. When the road is constructed asphalt paver is used for distributing, shaping and compacting the layer of asphalt. Normally the asphalt paver are self propelled but sometimes it is towed by the dump truck delivering the asphalt.Screed and the tractors are the two major constituents of asphalt pavers. Material is discharged from the lorry in a tipping action. The width of the screed is adjustable. The important constituents of the tractor are hopper, conveyor, distribution augur etc. Asphalt pavers are of two types - asphalt crawler paver and wheeled paver. Crawler pavers are track driven whereas wheeled pavers are mounted on wheels.

Asphalt Plant
Asphalt is the most important ingredient for the construction of infrastructures like roads, highways runway of airports etc. It is a durable petroleum product which is mixed or processed either in stationary or mobile plants. Hot mix plants (both stationary and mobile), wet macadam mix plant, asphalt mix plants etc are some of the asphalt based plants that are widely used for the production of asphalts for various constructions.

Bulldozer
The term "bulldozer, refers to a tracked tractor fitted with a dozer blade. It is a heavy, driver-operated machine for clearing and grading lands. The tracks gives bulldozer excellent ground hold and mobility through very rough terrain. Came into existence in early 20th century it has now undergone many modifications suiting to the requirements of the big infrastructural projects.

Engineer

An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering. Engineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints. As such, the work of engineers is the link between perceived needs of society and commercial applications. Some consider this profession to be the link between art and science.

In addition to machine design, machine research, and machine development, many engineers work in production, testing, or maintenance. These engineers determine the causes of component failure, supervise production in factories, and test the manufactured products to maintain the quality of said product. Also, engineers estimate the time and cost to complete projects. Some move into engineering management or into sales. In sales, an engineering background enables them to discuss technical aspects and assist in the planning of products, installation, and use. Supervisory engineers are responsible for entire projects or major components.

The Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying technical and scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria. The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD, the predecessor of ABET) has defined engineering as follows:

“The creative application of scientific principles to design or develop structures, machines, apparatus, or manufacturing processes, or works utilizing them singly or in combination; or to construct or operate the same with full cognizance of their design; or to forecast their behavior under specific operating conditions; all as respects an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property.”

One who practices engineering is called an engineer, and those licensed to do so may have more formal designations such as European Engineer, Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, or Incorporated Engineer. The broad discipline of engineering encompasses a range of more specialized subdisciplines, each with a more specific emphasis on certain fields of application and particular areas of technology.

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Engineers apply the principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems. Their work is the link between scientific discoveries and the commercial applications that meet societal and consumer needs.

Many engineers develop new products. During this process, they consider several factors. For example, in developing an industrial robot, engineers precisely specify the functional requirements; design and test the robot’s components; integrate the components to produce the final design; and evaluate the design’s overall effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety. This process applies to the development of many different products, such as chemicals, computers, power plants, helicopters, and toys.

In addition to design and development, many engineers work in testing, production, or maintenance. These engineers supervise production in factories, determine the causes of component failure, and test manufactured products to maintain quality. They also estimate the time and cost to complete projects. Supervisory engineers are responsible for major components or entire projects.

Engineers use computers extensively to produce and analyze designs; to simulate and test how a machine, structure, or system operates; to generate specifications for parts; and to monitor product quality and control process efficiency. Nanotechnology, which involves the creation of high-performance materials and components by integrating atoms and molecules, also is introducing entirely new principles to the design process.

Most engineers specialize. Following are details on the 17 engineering specialties covered in the Federal Government’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Numerous other specialties are recognized by professional societies, and each of the major branches of engineering has numerous subdivisions. Civil engineering, for example, includes structural and transportation engineering, and materials engineering includes ceramic, metallurgical, and polymer engineering. Engineers also may specialize in one industry, such as motor vehicles, or in one type of technology, such as turbines or semiconductor materials.

Constructions

¿Qué haces si la base de una construcción de 3 pisos de mueve o se desvía?

Primero: revisaría los planos para ver si esta correctamente diseñado. Segundo: comprobaría si se hizo un buen estudio del suelo, tercero: de ser posible reforzaría las bases con concreto para evitar que seda. Cuarto: si no hay otra alternativa demolería toda la estructura para su reconstrucción.

What do you do if the base of building of 3 floor moves or it is loosen?

First: I would check the planes to see if it is designed correctly. Second: I would verify if a good soil survey was done, third: of possible being it would reinforce the bases with concretly to avoid that it sedates. Quarter: if there is no another alternative it would demolish the whole structure for his reconstruction.

Escriba los pasos para construir una pequeña casa de 2 habitaciones

Haría un diseño en el cual las habitaciones y una sala comedor y un baño múltiple y comenzaría por las fundaciones, continuaría con las columnas y bigas riostras, luego las tuberías ya sea de aguas blancas, negras o eléctricas

Write the steps to build a small house of 2 room?

I would do a design in which the rooms and a room dining room and a multiple bath and it would begin for the foundations, would continue with the columns and chariots riostras, then the pipelines already be of white, black or electrical waters

Traslation Spanish-English Civil Ingeniery

Hormigón - Concrete = It ensues from the mixture of the cement with gravel or sand and water

Grava - gravel = The gravel or thick attaché is a component of the concrete.

Cemento- cement = Cement, substance of thin powder that is mixed by water and is hardened by the air.

Mezcla- mixture = a mixture is a substance made by combining two or more different materials without a chemical reaction occurring.

Columna- column = A column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.

Alambre -wire = A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, elongated string of drawn metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges. The term wire is also used more loosely to refer to a bundle of such strands, as in 'multistranded wire', which is more correctly termed a wire rope in mechanics, or a cable in electricity.

Arena -sand = Sand is a naturallyoccurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles. Is often a principal component of concrete.

Techo- roof = A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous.

Cabilla -dowel = A dowel is a solid cylindrical rod, usually made of wood, plastic or metal. In its original manufactured form, dowel is called dowel rod.

Mechón -Buttress = Abuttress is an architectural structure built against (a counterfort) or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall. Buttresses are fairly common on more ancient buildings, especially in Germany, as a means of providing support to act against the lateral forces arising out of the roof structures that lack adequate bracing.

Amarrar la cabilla con el alambre - to tie the dowel with the wire.