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  2. Jack (device) - Wikipedia

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    A jack which can lift a mobile home. A jack is a mechanical lifting device used to apply great forces or lift heavy loads. A mechanical jack employs a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. [1] The most common form is a car jack, floor jack or garage jack, which lifts vehicles so that maintenance can be ...

  3. Hydraulic tappet - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic tappet, also known as a hydraulic valve lifter or hydraulic lash adjuster, is a device for maintaining zero valve clearance in an internal combustion engine. Conventional solid valve lifters require regular adjusting to maintain a small clearance between the valve and its rocker or cam follower .

  4. Three-point hitch - Wikipedia

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    Three-point hitches are composed of three movable arms. The two lower arms—the hitch lifting arms—are controlled by the hydraulic system, and provide lifting, lowering, and even tilting to the arms. The upper center arm—called the top link—is movable, but is usually not powered by the tractor's hydraulic system.

  5. Hydraulic lift - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic lift may refer to: A type of hydraulic machinery. Hydraulic elevator; A form of hydraulic redistribution, a plant phenomenon This page was last edited on 28 ...

  6. Engine crane - Wikipedia

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    An engine crane (also referred as engine hoist [1]) is a common repair tool used in vehicle repair shops to remove or install gasoline or diesel engines in small and crowded vehicle engine compartments. It uses a heavy cantilevered support structure to hold the engine in mid-air so that the mechanic can carefully connect or disconnect fragile ...

  7. Hydraulic cylinder - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic cylinder is the actuator or "motor" side of this system. The "generator" side of the hydraulic system is the hydraulic pump which delivers a fixed or regulated flow of oil to the hydraulic cylinder, to move the piston. There are three types of pump widely used: hydraulic hand pump, hydraulic air pump, and hydraulic electric pump.

  8. Comparison of pumps - Wikipedia

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    Maximum lift height Production cost Efficiency Output Size of device Fabrication requirements Difficulty of production Durability Difficulty of repair Suction lift ? Hydraulic ram: cyclic 10m-100m medium low-medium low ? requires flowing water as power source (e.g. river) industrial high ? no

  9. Car hydraulics - Wikipedia

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    In 1962 the first Chevrolet Impala to feature hydraulics debuted, Tats Gotanda’s 1959 Impala the “Buddha Buggy” which featured hydraulics by Bill Hines. Throughout the 1960‘s a large majority of mild custom cars in Southern California were equipped with hydraulic lifts, eventually this style of car became known as the lowrider car by ...