self-dumping car
self-dumping car
[′self ¦dəmp·iŋ ′kär] (mining engineering)
A mine car which can be side-tipped while in motion on the rail track; it is fitted with a spherically contoured wheel which engages a ramp structure and gradually tilts the car.
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