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Descriptor English: Machinery
Descriptor Spanish: Maquinaria
Descriptor maquinaria
Entry term(s) maquinaria de construcción
maquinaria de obras públicas
maquinaria ligera
maquinaria pesada
Descriptor Portuguese: Maquinaria
Descriptor French: Machinerie
Entry term(s): Heavy Equipment
Soft Equipment
Tree number(s): SP4.505.467.500
Annotation: To be used in combination with other descriptors
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 51645
Unique ID: DDCS051645
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Machinery - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061802
Preferred term Machinery
Soft Equipment - Narrower
Concept UI FD00061786
Scope note Machines used for various purposes in infrastructure works, such as scales, concrete vibrators, generators, spatulas, motorized pumps, vibrating plates, lighting towers, floor saws, grinders and hoists, amongst others.
Preferred term Soft Equipment
Heavy Equipment - Narrower
Concept UI FD00061787
Scope note Machines used for various purposes in large construction works. Examples: excavators, backhoe loaders, crawler tractors, tower cranes, road rollers and loaders, amongst others.
Preferred term Heavy Equipment



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