tour d'attaque

English translation: mobile access tower (MAT)

10:15 Dec 6, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Engineering: Industrial
French term or phrase: tour d'attaque
In a list of industrial plant. Presumably it is a high access platform like a siege tower, but what is the English equivalent?
Neil Crockford
Local time: 07:45
English translation:mobile access tower (MAT)
Explanation:
Never seen them called "tour d'attaque" though.

a mobile access tower is moved to a new location on. the same site. However, if guard rails or other. components have to be removed to enable the tower to ...
www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis10.pdf

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require that Mobile Access Tower (MAT) operators must possess such technical knowledge, experience or training as may be ...
www.theptc.co.uk/courses/health_and_safety/mobile-access-to...

to become members and so help reinforce its position as the principal UK focus for Mobile Access Tower training, standards and best practice.
www.pasma.co.uk/public/about.jsp

Description and objective: The Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 require that Mobile Access Tower (MAT) operators must possess such ...
www.trainingpages.com/x/course,_S-Tp7UX7OZjPDF131UIe6,.html


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-12-06 11:54:49 GMT)
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Simply a tower made of scaffolding and standing on wheels. Not as sophisticated as cherry pickers, scissor lifts, etc. (though it might be used generically for these also).

Provide equipment which is suitable to the users to enable safe access to high areas (e.g. mobile access tower, mobile elevated working platform)
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/utilities/action/act_download.cf...
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Bourth (X)
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Summary of answers provided
3scaffolding
Bashiqa
2 +1mobile lift platform
Alain Pommet
3mobile access tower (MAT)
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scaffolding


Explanation:
Can't be more accurate without a bit more info

Bashiqa
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mobile lift platform


Explanation:
http://www.smtsjj.com/pro2a.asp

maybe?

Alain Pommet
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chris collister: Probably mobile, as in siege tower. A cherry-picker, perhaps?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mobile access tower (MAT)


Explanation:
Never seen them called "tour d'attaque" though.

a mobile access tower is moved to a new location on. the same site. However, if guard rails or other. components have to be removed to enable the tower to ...
www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cis10.pdf

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require that Mobile Access Tower (MAT) operators must possess such technical knowledge, experience or training as may be ...
www.theptc.co.uk/courses/health_and_safety/mobile-access-to...

to become members and so help reinforce its position as the principal UK focus for Mobile Access Tower training, standards and best practice.
www.pasma.co.uk/public/about.jsp

Description and objective: The Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 require that Mobile Access Tower (MAT) operators must possess such ...
www.trainingpages.com/x/course,_S-Tp7UX7OZjPDF131UIe6,.html


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Note added at 1 hr (2007-12-06 11:54:49 GMT)
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Simply a tower made of scaffolding and standing on wheels. Not as sophisticated as cherry pickers, scissor lifts, etc. (though it might be used generically for these also).

Provide equipment which is suitable to the users to enable safe access to high areas (e.g. mobile access tower, mobile elevated working platform)
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/utilities/action/act_download.cf...


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