Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Ruedas tapadoras en balancín

English translation:

covering/plugging wheels on a rocker arm

Added to glossary by María Laura Lemo
May 16, 2017 13:56
7 yrs ago
Spanish term

Ruedas tapadoras en balancín

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering Maquinaria agrícola
Es parte de las características de una sembradora. El tren de siembra está compuesto por dos disco abresurcos y dos ruedas tapadoras en balancín (que regulan la presión). Lo que me genera dudas es "en balancín". Alguien me dijo que eso está relacionado con la estabilidad, ¿puede ser?

Proposed translations

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covering/plugging wheels on a rocker arm

"compuesto por dos disco abresurcos y dos ruedas tapadoras en balancín"
After opening the furrows ("abresurcos"), and I suppose sowing the seeds, two covering/plugging wheels cover the seeds with earth.

Here are some examples:

A Revolution Down on the Farm: The Transformation of American ...
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=0813173159
Paul Conkin - 2008 - ‎History
The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929 Paul Conkin ... In the 1980s new nonselective, or universal, herbicides (they kill all plant life) made ... the furrow for seeds and two funnels for fertilizer, followed by a covering wheel.
https://books.google.es/books?id=dZiKQ65FoDAC&pg=PA115&lpg=P...

Brevet US4116140 - Press wheel depth control for grain drill furrow ...
www.google.fr/patents/US4116140
A depth control for grain drills, planters or the like utilizing a press wheel which can ... 2,496,885 also shows a device having a covering wheel for a planter that is ..... 1992, Dmi, Inc. Agricultural tillage implement with improved soil leveler using ...


The Farmer's Last Frontier: Agriculture, 1860-1897
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=0873320999
Fred Albert Shannon - 1977 - ‎Business & Economics
Agriculture, 1860-1897 Fred Albert Shannon ... to cover the grain.10 The development of corn planters, before 1860, left only a few major alterations to be made. ... was dropped from an attached box, and there was a covering wheel, behind, ...


This last one is probably a translation, but it's taken from an actual planter manufacturer:

PRINCIPLES:
In order to do that and from the beginnings of its manufacturing, the characteristics which achieve these aims have been kept intact.
Ploughing blades, very narrow-angle double disc, covering V-shaped cog discs, fertilizer and seeds hopper (standard), very versatile for any type of soil because it employs the lever principle to transfer load to the coulters from the counterweight under the platform, stable and strong, easy and low maintenance, prepared to sow wheat, soya, corn and alfalfa, to fertilize in and out of the line.
12.4 x 28 wheels (big diameter) are placed in the same line which the 25 furrow openers sow, making it light to draw and of excelent operation in flooded areas.
http://www.bertini.com.ar/en/10thousand/

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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2017-05-19 11:02:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Good, I'm glad ;@)
Note from asker:
Thanks a lot, Neil, it was very helpful.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marie Wilson : I found similar terms.
59 mins
Thanks for your support Marie, saludos
agree neilmac
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Cheers Neil, funny I've always wanted it on CD to make it more searchable.... Maybe you can have two configurations (32-bit and 64-bit) so that you can still use it. I'm no IT expert, but it might be worth investigating.
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Balancing wheels

The seeder UPS is a tractor-mounted machine, which is composed of frame the following detail installed thereon: two balancing wheels, one of which (left) is motor driven.
Example sentence:

The seeder UPS is a tractor-mounted machine, which is composed of frame the following detail installed thereon: two balancing wheels, one of which (left) is motor driven,

Note from asker:
Thank you for the answer.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Neil Ashby : The description you reference later mentions "seeder uPS tube covering system" which would equate to the "ruedas tapadoras". Also, it's a Belarussian website.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

rocker, beam, lever, rocker arm, tappet

Routledge SP > EN Technical Dictionary has a lot of entries for "balancín"


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Note added at 3 hrs (2017-05-16 17:00:16 GMT)
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Hi María,
Sorry I don't follow you - what instrument? What doesn't refer to the instrument?

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Note added at 3 hrs (2017-05-16 17:01:56 GMT)
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I think the rocker serves to exert the same amount of pressure on the "covering wheels" regardless of small deviations (lumps) in the ground.
Note from asker:
I don't think it refers to the instrument.
A farmer explained to me that it refers to the way in which the wheels are placed, so I expected some adverb, especially because it didn't have the definite article before the noun "balancín", but I understand now, you are right.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree neilmac : I only have Routledge on CD and it won't work on 64-bit systems. I miss it!
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Cheers Neil
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