Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Sollevatore a bandiera

English translation:

(wall-mounted) jib crane

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Sep 12, 2022 12:53
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Italian term

Sollevatore a bandiera

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering Warehouse
It's used by workers in the warehouse to lift weights.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 (wall-mounted) jib crane
3 jib lifter

Proposed translations

+3
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(wall-mounted) jib crane

See my reference entry.
Peer comment(s):

agree FPC
2 hrs
agree Cillie Swart : Thanks for sharing !!
2 days 17 hrs
agree Jo Macdonald : Just jib crane. Wall mounted only for the wall mounted version as there are also column and floor mounted versions.
2 days 18 hrs
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1 hr

jib lifter

Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : As my references show, a crane is the same as a lifter. Gru and sollevatore are used interchangeably.
22 mins
una gru in un magazino non ce la vedo :-)))) un sollevatore sì, non sono sinonimi in italiano
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Pictures

Possibly so called because it looks like a flagpole.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Sollevatore a bandiera indust...

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Note added at 56 mins (2022-09-12 13:49:40 GMT)
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I picked one of these, the Abus LW, and Googled it. It's called a wall (-mounted) jib crane:
http://abuscranes.com/cranes/jib-cranes/wall-jib-crane-lw
It's possible that different manufacturers call it different things.

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-09-12 13:54:19 GMT)
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Here are some more, just referred to as jib cranes:
http://elephant.it/en/catalogo/impianti-di-sollevamento/gru-...

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-09-12 13:59:27 GMT)
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Gru a bandiera:
http://proz.com/kudoz.php/italian-to-english/construction-ci...
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