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  2. Launching gantry - Wikipedia

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    A launching gantry (also called bridge building crane, and bridge-building machine) is a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge construction, specifically segmental bridges that use precast box girder bridge segments or precast girders in highway and high-speed rail bridge construction projects. The launching gantry is used to lift ...

  3. Gantry crane - Wikipedia

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    A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, used for tasks such as lifting automobile engines out of vehicles.

  4. Movable scaffolding system - Wikipedia

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    A movable scaffolding system (MSS) is a special-purpose self-launching form used in bridge construction, specifically prestressed concrete bridges with segments or spans that are cast in place. The movable scaffolding system is used to support a form while the concrete is cured; once the segment is complete, the scaffold and forms are moved to ...

  5. In an unprecedented feat, SpaceX uses robot arms to capture ...

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    The Super Heavy booster descends to be captured by mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry. / Credit: SpaceX. The 30-foot-wide Super Heavy first stage, loaded with 6.8 million pounds of ...

  6. Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The first modern KBBI dictionary was published during the 5th Indonesian Language Congress on 28 October 1988. The first edition contains approximately 62,000 entries. The dictionary was compiled by a team led by the Head of the Language Center, Anton M. Moeliono , with chief editors Sri Sukesi Adiwimarta and Adi Sunaryo.

  7. Gantry - Wikipedia

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    Gantry (rocketry), the frame which encloses and services a rocket at its launch pad; Gantry crane, a crane having a hoist fitted in a trolley for parallel movement Rubber tyred gantry crane, a mobile gantry crane used in intermodal operations; Gantry tower or anchor portal, a structure commonly found in electrical substation or transmission line

  8. SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit

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    The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, the communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Starlink had obtained a permit to operate as an ...

  9. Incremental launch - Wikipedia

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    The first section of the launch, the launching nose, is not made of concrete, but is a stiffened steel plate girder and is around 60% of the length of a bridge span, and reduces the cantilever moment. [3] The sections of bridge deck slide over sliding bearings, which are concrete blocks covered with stainless steel and reinforced elastomeric pads.