The gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid. The distinct feature of a gate valve is the sealing surfaces between the gate and seats are ...
"To filter or not to filter?" that is the question - or is it? The real question we need to ask ourselves is, what type of filtration do we need? In today's engineering climate, most of us will have to learn something about filtration. Most ...
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One of the most common methods of film manufacture is Blown Film (also referred to as the Tubular Film) Extrusion. The process involves extrusion of a plastic through a circular die, followed by "bubble-like" expansion. The principal ...
Pumps Check valves are often used with some types of pumps. Piston-driven and diaphragm pumps such as metering pumps and pumps for chromatography commonly use inlet and outlet ball check valves. These valves often look like small cylinders ...
However the true value of the air compressor generator to the outdoorsman is in its practicality and usefulness. Imagine if you will arriving lakeside and setting up your tent then inflating your personal watercraft using your portable 2 in ...
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A machine tool is a machine, typically powered other than by human muscle (e.g., electrically, hydraulically, or via line shaft), used to make manufactured parts (components) in various ways that include cutting or certain other kinds of ...
A heat Exchanger is in fact a device that facilitates efficient heat transfer from one fluid to another across a solid surface. The convection and conduction principle of heat transfer is mainly employed in the design and manufacturing of a ...
An air purifier is a device which removes contaminants from the air. These devices are commonly marketed as being beneficial to allergy sufferers and asthmatics, and at reducing or eliminating second-hand tobacco smoke. Commercial grade air ...
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Backwater valve (for sanitary drainage system) protects lower located rooms against flooding caused by return flow of sewage waters. Such risk occurs most often in sanitary drainage systems connected to combined sewerage systems and in ...
There are a lot of bathroom accessories out there that one can have in a bathroom. One of the more essential bathroom accessories is a towel bar. Towel bars are extremely efficient and come in a bunch of different varieties for any bathroom ...
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A pneumatic filter is a device which removes contaminants from a compressed air stream. This can be done using a number of different techniques, from using a "media" type that traps particulates, but allows air to pass through to a venturi, ...
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A check valve, clack valve, non-return valve or one-way valve is a mechanical device, a valve, which normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow through it in only one direction. Check valves are two-port valves, meaning they have two ...
A magnetic electricity generator is also widely known as a free electricity generator. The idea is to use the force of magnets to induce motion. But what does motion have to anything with generating electricity with magnets? The answer is ...
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Have you ever walked in to a bathroom where the mirror was hanging too high or very low? There is a strategy to hanging mirrors that some people may not know of. It's very important to take into account the height of the people who will be ...
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A water filter removes impurities from water by means of a fine physical barrier, a chemical process or a biological process. Filters cleanse water to various extents for irrigation, drinking water, aquariums, and swimming pools. Types of ...
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