When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. FreeCAD - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeCAD

    FreeCAD is a general-purpose parametric 3D computer-aided design (CAD) modeler and a building information modeling (BIM) software application with finite element method (FEM) support. [4] It is intended for mechanical engineering product design but also expands to a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or electrical ...

  3. List of Perkins engines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Perkins_engines

    Perkins Diesel Conversions & Factory fitted units, by Allan T. Condie, 2nd edition 2000, ISBN 0-907742-79-3 The 4 107T was used in UK Military electricity generating sets, the engines when in need an overhaul were rebuilt by a Kent based engineering works in Ramsgate, adjacent to the inner Harbour known as Walkers Marine (Marine Engineers) Ltd. Houchins of Ashford an MOD contractor would send ...

  4. Accropode - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accropode

    Diver inspecting blocks. Fork-lifting is effective for handling the small to medium size units, whereas large units are handled by sling. Placement for breakwaters generally requires a crane or a barge-mounted crane. The units can be stored one on top of the other, and placed in a random attitude to obtain the specified packing density.

  5. Forklift - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forklift

    A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark , which made transmissions , and Yale & Towne ...

  6. Automated storage and retrieval system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_storage_and...

    A man-aboard system can provide significant floorspace savings over manual or forklift operations but is not truly an AS/RS, as the operation is still manual. Storage system heights are not limited by the reach height of the order picker, as the picker rides along on the platform as it is moved vertically or horizontally to the various storage ...

  7. Aerial work platform - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_work_platform

    Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.

  8. Loading dock - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loading_dock

    There can be very serious accidents on loading bays. One example is trailer creep (also known as trailer walk, or dock walk), which occurs when the lateral and vertical forces exerted each time a forklift truck enters and exits the trailer cause the trailer to slowly move away from the dock, resulting in separation from the dock leveler.

  9. General Motors Vortec engine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Vortec_engine

    Vortec is a trademarked name for a line of gasoline engines for General Motors trucks.The name first appeared in an advertisement for the 1985 model year 4.3 L V6 that used "vortex technology" to create a vortex inside the combustion chamber, creating a better air / fuel atomization. [1]