単管(たんかん)

たんかん
noun
single steel pipe (scaffolding); single tube
technicaltool
1. single steel pipe used for scaffolding and barriers
A standardized steel pipe, typically about 48 mm in diameter, used with clamps to build scaffolding, temporary fences, and simple structures at construction sites.
現場(げんば)に単管(たんかん)を運(はこ)んだ。
We carried steel pipes to the site.
単管(たんかん)をクランプでつないで足場(あしば)を組(く)む。
We connect the steel pipes with clamps to build the scaffolding.
工事現場(こうじげんば)のまわりに、単管(たんかん)でできた仮(かり)のフェンスが立(た)っていた。
A temporary fence made of steel pipes stood around the construction site.

Short for 単管(たんかん)パイプ. A construction-site term for the single steel tube used, with clamps (クランプ), to assemble scaffolding and temporary barriers. "単(たん)" (single) distinguishes it from prefabricated frame units.

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