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  2. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    The Roblox Studio interface as of August 2024. Roblox Studio is the platforms game engine [26] and game development software. [27] [28] The engine and all games made on Roblox predominantly uses Luau, [29] a dialect of the Lua 5.1 programming language. [30] Since November 2021, the programming language has been open sourced under the MIT License.

  3. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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    Two people lifting or carrying the load not only distributes the weight evenly but also utilizes their natural lifting capacity, reducing the chances of strains or sprains. Proper communication between partners is necessary for coordination during the lift, ensuring the safety of both the participants, the goods being carried, and the ...

  4. Scissors mechanism - Wikipedia

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    This mechanism is used in devices such as lift tables and scissor lifts.Modern low-profile computer keyboards make an extensive use of it as well, installing each key on a scissor support to ensure their smooth vertical movement, allowing the use of a cheap and reliable rubber dome contact set, instead of expensive and complex array of mechanical switches.

  5. Heavy lift - Wikipedia

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    In transportation, heavy lift refers to the handling and installation of heavy items which are indivisible, and of weights generally accepted to be over 100 tons and of widths/heights of more than 100 meters. These oversized items are transported from one place to another (sometimes across country borders), then lifted or installed into place.

  6. Fly system - Wikipedia

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    Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany. A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew to fly (hoist) quickly, quietly and safely components such as curtains, lights, scenery, stage effects and, sometimes, people.

  7. Lifting bag - Wikipedia

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    A lifting bag is an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with straps, which is used to lift heavy objects underwater by means of the bag's buoyancy. The heavy object can either be moved horizontally underwater by the diver or sent unaccompanied to the surface. [1] Lift bag appropriate capacity should match the task ...

  8. Patient lift - Wikipedia

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    A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, Hoyer lift, or hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift.This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transferred between a bed and a chair or other similar resting places, by the use of electrical or hydraulic power.

  9. Simple machine - Wikipedia

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    [2] [8] For example, wheels, levers, and pulleys are all used in the mechanism of a bicycle. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The mechanical advantage of a compound machine is just the product of the mechanical advantages of the simple machines of which it is composed.