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2. Jib (crane) - Wikipedia

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   This specific example uses a level luffing mechanism to maintain the load at approximately the same vertical height as the jib moves through its range of travel. A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. [1] [2] An archaic spelling is gib. [3]

3. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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   Jib crane. A jib crane is a type of crane - not to be confused with a crane rigged with a jib to extend its main boom - where a horizontal member (jib or boom), supporting a moveable hoist, is fixed to a wall or to a floor-mounted pillar. Jib cranes are used in industrial premises and on military vehicles.

4. Level luffing crane - Wikipedia

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   A level-luffing crane is a crane mechanism where the hook remains at the same level while luffing: moving the jib up and down, so as to move the hook inwards and outwards relative to the base. [ 1 ] Usually the description is only applied to those with a luffing jib that have some additional mechanism applied to keep the hook level when luffing.

5. Bulk-handling crane - Wikipedia

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   Early French crane loading coal for a gasworks. A bulk-handling crane is one that, instead of a simple hook that can handle a range of slung loads, has an integral grab for lifting bulk cargoes such as coal, mineral ore etc. Where the grab is a two-piece hinged bucket, it is known as a shell grab or shell bucket. Working the grab requires extra ...

6. Material-handling equipment - Wikipedia

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   Jib crane. Cranes are used to transport loads over variable (horizontal and vertical) paths within a restricted area and when there is insufficient (or intermittent) flow volume such that the use of a conveyor cannot be justified. Cranes provide more flexibility in movement than conveyors because the loads handled can be more varied with ...

7. Pentagon Fails 7th Audit in a Row but Hopes To Pass by 2028 - AOL

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   Congress required all federal agencies to submit annual financial reports in 1990. The Pentagon finally got around to complying in 2018, and it still hasn't passed an audit.

8. Clay Aiken Says He Lost '50 Percent' of His Fans When ... - AOL

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   When Clay Aiken came out to the world in 2008, the public didn't react how they likely would today.. Shortly after the birth of his son, Parker, in August 2008, the American Idol alum came out as ...

9. Moore and Fears combine for 50 points as Oklahoma tops ... - AOL

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   Freshman Jeremiah Fears scored a season-high 26 points, Jalon Moore added 24 and Oklahoma held off No. Arizona 82-77 on Thursday in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Duke Miles made a high ...