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2. Floor scrubber - Wikipedia

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   Floor burnisher is the term for a high speed floor buffer that rotates its pad at over 1000 RPM. Closely resembling a large upright, wide-based vacuum cleaner with handlebar controls and requiring two-handed steering by beginners, a floor buffer uses one or more variable-speed circular rotary brushes to dislodge dirt and dust from and apply a ...

3. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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   The balance lever coupling, also central buffer coupling with two screw coupling, is a coupler commonly used on narrow gauge railroads with tight curves. By swapping the pulling and pushing devices, the standard screw coupling used on standard gauge railroads became a center buffer coupling with one screw coupling on each side of the buffer.

4. Buffer (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   The buffer rod pushed backwards on a spiral volute spring (coil spring), which was supported by a strong sheet metal cylindrical sleeve. Compressing the spring absorbed the impact. The first spring-loaded buffers were invented by John Baillie in 1846. [3] Rod buffers can only be found on museum vehicles in Europe today. They are still common in ...

5. Metal Polishers', Buffers', Platers' and Allied Workers ...

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   The Metal Polishers', Buffers', Platers' and Allied Workers' International Union (MPBP) was a labor union representing metal workers in the United States and Canada.. The union was founded in 1892, as the Metal Polishers', Buffers' and Platers' International Union of North America, a split from the International Brotherhood of Brass Workers.

6. Polishing (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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   Polishing may be used to enhance and restore the looks of certain metal parts or object on cars and other vehicles, handrails, cookware, kitchenware, and architectural metal. In other applications such as pharmaceutical, dairy, and specialty plumbing, pipes are buffed to help prevent corrosion and to eliminate locations where bacteria or mold ...

7. Stadler FLIRT - Wikipedia

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   The maximum speed is 200 km/h (125 mph). Standard floor height is 57 cm (22 + 7 ⁄ 16 in), but 78 cm (30 + 11 ⁄ 16 in) high floors are also available for platform heights of 76 cm (29 + 15 ⁄ 16 in). The FLIRT train was originally developed for the Swiss Federal Railways and was first delivered in 2004.