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  2. International Union of Operating Engineers - Wikipedia

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    The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States–based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also called operating engineers or power engineers) who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the United States ...

  3. Filling station - Wikipedia

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    Pre-payment is the norm in the US and customers may typically pay either at the pump or inside the gas station. Modern stations have pay-at-the-pump functions: in most cases credit, debit, ATM cards, fuel cards and fleet cards are accepted. Occasionally a station will have a pay-at-the-pump-only period per day, when attendants are not present ...

  4. Concrete pump - Wikipedia

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    Pumping concrete into aluminium concrete formwork in Mexico. A concrete pump is a machine used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping. There are different types of concrete pumps. A common type of concrete pump for large scale construction projects is known as a boom concrete pump, because it uses a remote-controlled articulating robotic ...

  5. Fluid Equipment Development Company - Wikipedia

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    Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO) is a Michigan-based designer and manufacturer of high-pressure feed pumps and brine energy recovery devices (ERDs) for brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) and seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) systems. With over 3,500 units in service, FEDCO pumps and ERDs can be found on 6 continents, specifically in ...

  6. Ready-mix concrete - Wikipedia

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    Concrete has a limited lifespan between batching / mixing and curing. This means that ready-mixed concrete should be placed within 30 to 45 minutes of the batching process to hold slump and mix design specifications in the US, [15] though in the UK, environmental and material factors, plus in-transit mixing, allow for up two hours to elapse. [16]

  7. Concrete mixer - Wikipedia

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    This portable concrete/mortar mixer has wheels and a towing tongue so that it can be towed by a motor vehicle and moved around the worksite by hand, and its rotation is powered by mains electricity. The lever allows the concrete/mortar to be tipped into a wheelbarrow. An outdated model of a small-scale concrete mixer.

  8. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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    Pay: A reservoir or portion of a reservoir containing hydrocarbons that can be economically produced, i.e. it is capable of "paying" an income. Also referred to as "pay sand" or the "pay zone". Petroleum play (or "play"): A group of oil prospects that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances.

  9. Manistique Pumping Station - Wikipedia

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    However, by 1920, the system was deemed inadequate for firefighting. It was recommended that the city borrow $97,000 to build a new 200,000 gallon water tower and pumping station, as well as building a nearby dam and improving the distribution system. [3] A bond was approved by voters, and construction of the tower began in June 1921.