Glossary · Drum handling
wedge (chock)
Block placed at the flange heels to stop a drum rolling.Sources: Our own wording, from the rules of the laying and handling research (typical practice)
Names in other languages
| Language | Term | Where the name comes from |
|---|---|---|
| English | wedge (chock) | the research's English term |
| Türkçe | takoz | Prysmian Türkiye (maker's catalogue); Nexans 2021 (maker's catalogue); Nexans Türkiye (N1-tr) p. 9 (maker's catalogue) |
| Deutsch | Keil | Prysmian, Kabeltrommeln (DE) p. 7 (maker's catalogue) |
| Nederlands | wig (blokkeerwig) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Svenska | kil (stoppkloss) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Français | cale | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Español | calzo | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Dansk | kile (stopklods) | Prysmian Danmark, tromlehåndtering p. 5 (maker's catalogue) |
| Norsk | kile (stoppkloss) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Suomi | kiila (pysäytyspala) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Italiano | cuneo (calzatoia) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Română | pană (cală) | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Polski | klin | our own translation (typical practice) |
| Čeština | klín | Prysmian CZ, kabelové bubny p. 7 (maker's catalogue) |
| Русский | клин (упор) | our own translation (typical practice) |
Related terms
flange · arbor hole (spindle hole) · barrel (drum core) · barrel bolt (through bolt) · cable coil · cable creepage (cable make) · cable drum (reel) · cable end mark
Sources
- Our own wording, from the rules of the laying and handling research (typical practice)
- Prysmian Türkiye: Prysmian Türkiye, "Cables and Drums User Guide" (web article) (maker's catalogue)
- Nexans 2021: Nexans, "Instructions for transportation, handling, storage of the drums and laying of the cables", Rev. 01 March 2021 (Rev. 00 Sept 2014), 21 pp. (maker's catalogue)
- Nexans Türkiye (N1-tr): Nexans Türkiye, "Makaraların Taşınması, Yüklenmesi, Depolanması ve Kabloların Döşenmesine İlişkin Talimatlar", Revision 01, March 2021 (Turkish twin of Nexans 2021) (maker's catalogue)
- Prysmian, Kabeltrommeln (DE): Prysmian Group Deutschland, Ins Rollen gebracht: alles, was Sie über unsere Kabeltrommeln wissen müssen (drum handling guide, German) (maker's catalogue)
- Prysmian Danmark, tromlehåndtering: Prysmian Group Danmark, Korrekt tromlehåndtering: vejledning (drum handling guide, Danish, 2024) (maker's catalogue)
- Prysmian CZ, kabelové bubny: Prysmian Group Czech Republic, guide to cable drum handling, transport and storage (PGCZ drum handling, Czech) (maker's catalogue)
Definitions are short and in our own words; for a given job the cable's standard and the maker's instructions decide.