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  2. Calipers - Wikipedia

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    Oddleg calipers, Hermaphrodite calipers, or Oddleg Jennys, as pictured on the left, are generally used to scribe a line at a set distance from the edge of a workpiece. The bent leg is used to run along the workpiece edge while the scriber makes its mark at a predetermined distance, this ensures a line parallel to the edge.

  3. Orthotics - Wikipedia

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    A pair of AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) braces being used to aid bilateral foot drop. Orthotics (Greek: Ορθός, romanized: ortho, lit. 'to straighten, to align') is a medical specialty that focuses on the design and application of orthoses, sometimes known as braces, calipers, or splints. [1]

  4. Caliper (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Calipers are an instrument used to measure the dimensions of an object. Caliper(s) or calliper(s) may also refer to: Brace (orthopaedic), especially a leg brace; Calipers, components of a disc brake; Caliper brakes, a type of bicycle brake; Caliper, the measured thickness of paper, in paper and ink testing

  5. Talk:Calipers - Wikipedia

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    Outside caliper Divider caliper Oddleg caliper. Ccrrccrr 19:59, 12 October 2018 (UTC) Who told you these are non-measuring calipers? All of them are measuring. Please do not invent classifications without source.Staszek Lem 02:22, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

  6. Rotating calipers - Wikipedia

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    In computational geometry, the method of rotating calipers is an algorithm design technique that can be used to solve optimization problems including finding the width or diameter of a set of points. The method is so named because the idea is analogous to rotating a spring-loaded vernier caliper around the outside of a convex polygon . [ 1 ]

  7. Automotive Products - Wikipedia

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    AP Lockheed disc brake caliper. Automotive Products, commonly abbreviated to AP, was an automotive industry components company set up in 1920 by Edward Boughton, Willie Emmott and Denis Brock, to import and sell American-made components to service the fleet of ex-military trucks left behind in Europe after World War I.

  8. Brembo - Wikipedia

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    Brembo specializes in performance braking systems and components as well as conducting research on braking systems. Brembo sells over 1,300 products worldwide and is known for their aftermarket automotive brake components, including calipers, drums, rotors, and brake lines. Brembo owns the foundries that produce their initial materials and ...

  9. Lufkin (brand) - Wikipedia

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    Early Lufkin logo. The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil War veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry [1] in Cleveland, Ohio, 1869 [2] and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.