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  2. Orbital stretch wrapper - Wikipedia

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    An orbital stretch wrapper. An orbital stretch wrapper is a means of applying stretchable plastic film to a load, consisting of a roll (or rolls) of stretch wrap supported on a vertical rotating ring and a means of passing a load through the ring's eye horizontally.

  3. Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system - Wikipedia

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    The Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system (MGS) is a shipboard weapon system designed to protect warships primarily from a variety of surface threats, especially small, fast surface craft. [1] It consists of an M242 Bushmaster chain gun mounted on a turret that can be either manually or remote controlled , depending on variant.

  4. Stretch wrap - Wikipedia

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    Orbital wrappers: The film is housed in a carriage on a vertical ring, the load is fed horizontally through the eye of the rotating ring, applying film to the load. A variation of an orbital stretch wrapper is a horizontal ring system, in which the load remains still while a horizontal ring is rotated around the load and moves up and down ...

  5. Fiberglass spray lay-up process - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of spray-up process. Spray-Up also known as chop method of creating fiberglass objects by spraying short strands of glass out of a pneumatic gun. This method is used often when one side of the finished product is not seen, or when large quantities of a product must be made cheaply and quickly with moderate strength requirements. [1]

  6. Drilling riser - Wikipedia

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    Drilling riser joints with buoyancy modules. A drilling riser is a conduit that provides a temporary extension of a subsea oil well to a surface drilling facility. Drilling risers are categorised into two types: marine drilling risers used with subsea blowout preventer (BOP) and generally used by floating drilling vessels; and tie-back drilling risers used with a surface BOP and generally ...

  7. Cutter (boat) - Wikipedia

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    A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter A cutter is any of various types of watercraft.The term can refer to the rig (sail plan) of a sailing vessel (but with regional differences in definition), to a governmental enforcement agency vessel (such as a coast guard or border force cutter), to a type of ship's boat which can be used ...

  8. Plastic film - Wikipedia

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    Plastic film is a thin continuous polymeric material. Thicker plastic material is often called a "sheet". Thicker plastic material is often called a "sheet". These thin plastic membranes are used to separate areas or volumes, to hold items, to act as barriers, or as printable surfaces.

  9. Shrink wrap - Wikipedia

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    Shrink wrap, also shrink film, is a material made up of polymer plastic film. When heat is applied, it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering. When heat is applied, it shrinks tightly over whatever it is covering.