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• Jamming of linear slides
  ...xing of the table slides could be caused by a fairly well-known mechanical engineering problem. It's called jamming ...space for vertical travel, or reduce the table size (or maybe both) - but engineering is all about compromises....
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...from Richmond, Vermont. He fixes, makes and hacks electronics, fabricates mechanical devices, and welds. His other talents include building structures out of na ...builds heat-insulated shelters. She is said to be proficient in mechanical engineering as well.
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• Gyro Rate Unit
  ...oss-hairs of the optical sight are kept centred on the moving aircraft the mechanical linkage will pull the gyroscope in the direction of the aircraft movement. * [http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/research/tr/tr223.pdf BRITISH MECHANICAL GUNNERY COMPUTERS OF WORLD WAR II ]
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...er= Current: General Dynamics, Fabrique Nationale, US Ordnance, and Manroy Engineering<br> ...eases to 1,200 rpm or more for AN/M3 aircraft guns fitted with electric or mechanical feed boost mechanisms.<ref>Dunlap, Roy F., ''Ordnance Went Up Front'', Samw
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• Type 91 torpedo
  It looked merely a tiny mechanical air valve object controlling small roll rudders on both sides in the aft of The ''stabilizer'' or anti-rolling controller is a mechanical control system, whose control design needs [[numerical analysis]] of physic
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• Hydroelectric
  ...me. Small hydro projects generally do not require the protracted economic, engineering and environmental studies associated with large projects, and often can be ...ed "water to wire" packages; a single contractor can provide all the major mechanical and electrical equipment (turbine, generator, controls, switchgear), select
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• Phenobarbital
  | journal = Chemical and Engineering News ...intenance of [[airway]] patency (through [[endotracheal intubation]] and [[mechanical ventilation]]), correction of bradycardia and hypotension (with [[intraveno
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...estar-engineering.com/|title=FireStar Engineering, LLC| publisher=FireStar Engineering| accessdate=2009-12-11}}</ref> The low freezing point of NOFB eases thermal ...pinging"). Most problems that are associated with nitrous do not come from mechanical failure due to the power increases. Since nitrous allows a much denser char
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• Rebar
  ...It is usually formed from [[carbon steel]], and is given ridges for better mechanical anchoring into the concrete. In [[Australia]], it is [[colloquialism|colloq When welding or wire-tying rebar is impractical or uneconomical a mechanical connection or [[rebar coupler]] can be used to connect two or more bars tog
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• Tablet press
  ...e granulated material must be metered into a cavity formed by two [[Punch (engineering)|punches]] and a [[Die (manufacturing)|die]], and then the punches must be
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• Glass microsphere
  ...p-sea oil drilling equipment, where other types of foam would [[Implosion (mechanical process)|implode]]. Hollow spheres of other materials create syntactic foa ...stressed in a tensile manner).<ref>[http://www.trelleborg.com/en/Advanced-Engineering-Materials/Products--Solutions/Eccospheres-Glass-Microspheres/ ]. Trelleborg
  5 KB (783 words) - 10:07, 20 September 2010
• Paper
  ...g]], [[painting]] and [[writing]]. Chemical pulps tend to cost more than [[mechanical pulp]]s, largely due to the low yield, 40–50% of the original wood. Since ===Mechanical pulping===
  21 KB (3,131 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Carbon grid
  ...insuring consistent quality. Also, the open spaces of the grid provide a mechanical bond to transfer load within the concrete structure. [[Category:Structural engineering]]
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• Ceramic materials
  ...ine). However, glass involves several steps of the ceramic process and its mechanical properties behave similarly to ceramic materials. ...phase content, which can all be correlated with ceramic properties such as mechanical strength σ by the Hall-Petch equation, [[hardness]], [[toughness]], [[diel
  28 KB (3,876 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Electroactive polymers
  ...periment in which he tested the effect of an [[electrical current]] on the mechanical properties of a [[rubber band]]<ref name=ElectrochemistryEncyclopedia> {{ci ...on resulting in unique mechanical properties and potential applications as mechanical actuators.
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• Liquid crystal polymer
  ...or solid form<ref name=Callister>Callister (2007): "Materials Science and Engineering - An Introduction," 557-558.</ref>. ...es (or mesophases) gives rise to fibers and injected materials having high mechanical properties as a consequence of the self-reinforcing properties derived from
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  ...meter level is making possible a new generation of materials with enhanced mechanical, optical, transport and magnetic properties. ...tively long. For a broad range of applications including catalysis, tissue engineering, and surface modification of implants this infinite length is an advantage.
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• Zytel
  ...upont.com/myplastics/Mediator?id=5047&p=1&locale=en_US DuPont Plastics – Engineering Thermoplastics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. ...upont.com/myplastics/Mediator?id=5040&p=1&locale=en_US DuPont Plastics – Engineering Thermoplastics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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• Applied spectroscopy
  ...[[degree of polymerization]]: The higher the chain length the greater the mechanical strength (such as [[tensile strength]]). By cleaving the chain, the molecul *[[Forensic engineering]]
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• Ozone cracking
  ...many other safety-critical items such as [[fuel line]]s and rubber [[Seal (mechanical)|seal]]s, such as [[gaskets]] and [[O-rings]], where ozone attack is consid ...[[degree of polymerization]], the higher the chain length, the greater the mechanical strength (such as [[tensile strength]]). By cleaving the chain, the molecul
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