19-10-21
How Diesel Locomotives Work How Diesel Locomotives Work

The Mining Locomotive is an incredible display of power and ingenuity. It combines some great mechanical technology, including a huge, 12-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engine, with some heavy duty electric motors and generators, throwing in a little bit of…

The Mining Locomotive is an incredible display of power and ingenuity.…


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19-10-21
Injection molding Injection molding

It is usually slow and inefficient to mold thermoplastics using the compression molding techniques described above. In particular, it is necessary to cool a thermoplastic part before removing it from the mold, and this requires that the mass of metal…

It is usually slow and inefficient to mold thermoplastics using the…


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19-10-21
How It Works: A Lean, Mean Nail Gun How It Works: A Lean, Mean…

Pneumatic nailers can slash the time it takes to fasten everything from window trim to roof rafters. The basic guts of the tool haven’t changed since the 1960s: Compressed air pushes a piston that drives a rod, forcing nails deep into wood, before the…

Pneumatic nailers can slash the time it takes to fasten everything…


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19-10-21
What Does A Brake Master Cylinder Actually Do? What Does A Brake Master…

We should probably start by saying a Brake Master Cylinder technically is not essential. You could use cable-actuated brakes, if you liked, like the cheap items you get on entry-level mountain bikes. On the other hand, to stand the strain of stopping one…

We should probably start by saying a Brake Master Cylinder technically…


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19-10-21
All About Pneumatic Nailers All About Pneumatic Nailers

Air-powered nail guns offer many advantages that the hammer-and-nail approach, no matter how honorable, can’t hope to match.     What Counts:     ? Type of fastener     ? Maximum and minimum length of the fastener     ? Ease of clearing nail jams    …

Air-powered nail guns offer many advantages that the hammer-and-nail…


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