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palldrift (entire heading, actually)

English translation: open pit or open cast (mining)

22:18 Dec 29, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Manufacturing machinery
Swedish term or phrase: palldrift (entire heading, actually)
Heading in a list of maintenance procedures:
I would appreciate help with the entire phrase, if you can:
"Kontroll av palldrift (maskin tom pall)"
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 16:00
English translation:open pit or open cast (mining)
Explanation:
Source language is Norwegian (as far as I can tell)
Norwegian "palldrift" translates to Swedish as "pallbrytning" describing a surface mining method. To my knowledge only Norwegian and Swedish have a term describing that excavation has stepped, or benched, side slopes.
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Stefan A. M. Adamek
United States
Local time: 07:00
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open pit or open cast (mining)


Explanation:
Source language is Norwegian (as far as I can tell)
Norwegian "palldrift" translates to Swedish as "pallbrytning" describing a surface mining method. To my knowledge only Norwegian and Swedish have a term describing that excavation has stepped, or benched, side slopes.

Example sentence(s):
  • Strip mining, open-pit (or open-cut) mining, and quarrying are the most common mining methods that start from the earth's surface and maintain exposure to the surface throughout the extraction period. The excavation usually has stepped, or benched, side s
  • Open-pit operations generally use the bench-mining approach, in which a series of benches or terraces forms the open pit.

    Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/surface-mining
Stefan A. M. Adamek
United States
Local time: 07:00
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