Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

autospurgo

English translation:

gully sucker

Added to glossary by Amy Christie
Jul 12, 2005 20:24
18 yrs ago
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Italian term

autospurgo

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general)
In an industrial specification:

Le ditte di autospurgo svolgono la loro attività all’interno dello stabilimento sulla base di contratti che prevedono l’intervento su chiamata da parte del servizio manutenzione e/o Solvent Recovery
Le attività di pulizia svolte dalle ditte di autospurgo sono essenzialmente le seguenti:
 Pulizia delle fosse settiche;
 Pulizia delle vasche di raccolta e rilancio acque chimiche;
 Pulizia delle vasche di raccolta e rilancio acque meteoriche e canalette stradali;
 Pulizia di serbatoi e/o bacini di contenimento.

Thanks very much!

Harold
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gully sucker

Eurodicautom gives gully sucker and there are a few refs on google.
My initial thoughts were along the lines of 'self-cleaning'....

They provided a large hydraulically driven submersible pump and road tanker units fitted with gulper (gully sucker) pumps


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Note added at 6 mins (2005-07-12 20:30:43 GMT)
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Sorry - self-clearing, not cleaning!
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much! Sounds bizarre and I used it. No comment yet from client so it must be good. Harold"
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