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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.
Pliofilm is a transparent film made of rubber hydrochloride. [1] It is impermeable to water and water vapour and non-flammable. [1] [2] Pliofilm was manufactured by dissolving natural rubber in the solvent benzene. [3] The solution was kept in a tank at around 10 °C (50 °F) and treated with gaseous hydrochloric acid.
The British Royal Navy adopted and standardized on the Robinson's Disengaging Gear in 1881, [3] and this system was still in use in the late 20th century. The Robinson's Disengaging Gear consists of three mechanisms. There are two disengaging hooks, one at each end of the seaboat, holding the boat to the falls.
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 ...
The sponson-mounted main gun of an M3 Lee tank. On land vessels, such as tanks or other military vehicles, and on naval warships, a sponson may refer to a mounting or enclosure projecting from the side or top of the structure/hull that is not used for buoyancy, but for armaments such as machine guns, or for purposes of visibility.
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]
A parts kit is a collection of weapon (notably firearm) parts that, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), "is designed to or may be readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive."
The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division , [ 3 ] later a part of Raytheon .