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  2. Sandblasting - Wikipedia

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    Silicosis is still a risk when the operator is not completely isolated from the sandblasting apparatus. [18] Sandblasting also may present secondary risks, such as falls from scaffolding or confinement in a small space. [18] Carbon monoxide poisoning is another potential risk, from the use of small gasoline-powered engines in abrasive blasting ...

  3. Detonation spraying - Wikipedia

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    The D-gun atomises the powder feedstock into extremely small particles (80–95% of particles by total number are of size <100 nm). This means proper extraction facilities are required for inhalation safety purposes. Also isolation of the D-gun is recommended to avoid operators breathing in the dangerous dust and fumes. [14]

  4. Small arms and light weapons - Wikipedia

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    According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...

  5. Anniston Army Depot - Wikipedia

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    Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is a major United States Army facility for the production and repair of ground combat vehicles, overhaul of Small Arms Weapon Systems and the storage of chemical weapons, a.k.a. the Anniston Chemical Activity. The depot is located in Bynum, Alabama.

  6. List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

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    This list contains weapons that are classified as crew-served, as the term is used in the United States military.. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.

  7. List of firearms (S) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of small arms—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, and anti-tank rifles—that includes variants.

  8. Benjamin Chew Tilghman - Wikipedia

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    Legend has it that Tilghman had seen the effect of wind-blown sand on windows in the desert while a general in the army, and that this was the basis of his sandblasting invention. Around 1870, he invented the Sandblasting process and filed a patent for it in the US (US patent 108,408.

  9. List of 20th-century weapons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of small arms used during the 20th century. Sidearms. Kimber Custom TLE II M1911 pistol. ... (1954–present) – Israeli submachine gun, ...