Are any industry sectors more mobile than utilities? Apart from public transport, delivery services such as UPS and FedEx, and law enforcement, there are no vehicles and workers more visible than ours. Many utility workers can be described ...
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The cost narrowing between direct-lit LED TVs and CCFL-backlit TVs may face a roadblock, said industry sources. However, firms such as Samsung Electronics, China-based TCL, and North America-based brand Vizio all plan to introduce ...
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With the vast number of machines and equipment that has been invented over the years since the industrial revolution, hydraulic cylinders have become a part of our lives and most people don’t even realize it. These can be small parts, ...
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These Avery Smearsafe Hi-Liters are smear resistant highlighters that come in four standard colors, yellow, pink, orange, and purple. At first glance when I saw these highlighters I was not immediately impressed because quite honestly, the ...
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Sacmi's repression cap is an innovation, different with the traditional injection cap, Sacmi is the first one machine manufacturer which market the compression plastic cap. Cap mould is an often overlooked details of the consumer, but for ...
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The first time I saw the TWSBI ink well, I was totally oblivious to the the additional functionality that it was hiding under that black cap and silver metal spacer that you see above. One quick thing before I explain how it works, it is ...
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A pair of scissors consists of two pivoted blades. In lower quality scissors the cutting edges are not particularly sharp; it is primarily the shearing action between the two blades that cuts the material. In high quality scissors the ...
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In certain fluid power systems, the supply of fluid to a subsystem must be from more than one source to meet system requirements. In some systems an emergency system is provided as a source of pressure in the event of normal system failure. ...
The diesel internal combustion engine differs from the gasoline powered Otto cycle by using highly compressed hot air to ignite the fuel rather than using a spark plug (compression ignition rather than spark ignition). In the true diesel ...
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A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry ...
Farm and heavy equipment uses a hydraulic pump, valve spools, and cylinders to perform their tasks. These components are interconnected with a series of steel tubes and steel reinforced rubber hoses, and the hydraulic oil may eventually ...
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has welcomed chancellor George Osborne's ambitious programme to stimulate the economy by large-scale new investment in infrastructure and housing, along with help for small businesses. Mr Osborne's autumn ...
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Germany's Environment Ministry on Friday dismissed a proposal from the Economy Ministry to reduce the growth of new photovoltaic installations to 1,000 megawatt (MW) a year, saying a 15-percent cut for 2012 was enough for now. The ...
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Germany's Environment Ministry on Friday dismissed a proposal from the Economy Ministry to reduce the growth of new photovoltaic installations to 1,000 megawatt (MW) a year, saying a 15-percent cut for 2012 was enough for now. The ...
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A Hydraulic cylinder (also called a linear hydraulic motor) is a mechanical actuator that is used to give a unidirectional force through a unidirectional stroke. It has many applications, notably in engineering vehicles. Parts of a ...