enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Hose reel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hose_reel

   A hose reel is a cylindrical spindle made of either metal, fiberglass, or plastic and is used for storing a hose. The most common styles of hose reels are spring driven (which is self retracting), hand crank, or motor driven. Hose reels are categorized by the diameter and length of the hose they hold, the pressure rating and the

3. Cable reel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_reel

   Retractable cable reels are particularly useful for environments where access to electricity or air is needed in a wide variety of places. All retractable hose reels operate using a constant-force spring to provide torsion for the spool, and a ratcheting mechanism to prevent the cable from retracting while it is being used.

4. Reel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reel

   A standard Hollywood movie averages about five 2,000-foot reels in length. The "reel" was established as a standard measurement because of considerations in printing motion picture film at a film laboratory, for shipping (especially the film case sizes) and for the size of the physical film magazine attached to the motion picture projector.

5. How Cities Are Using Nature-Based Solutions to Tackle Floods

   www.aol.com/news/cities-using-nature-based...

   The park is tilted to ensure water can slowly trickle down to a 480,000-gallon retention pond at the bottom, providing extra storage space to absorb heavy rains.

6. Dry, the beloved country - The Huffington Post

   highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/cape...

   They deployed the water-restriction device Mohammed mentioned—popularly called the “Aqua-Loc”—which acts on heavy water users like a bariatric-surgery band acts on the stomach: If you even attempt to draw more than the current daily water allotment, it just shuts off your taps. Technicians are now installing 2,500 such devices a week.

7. Hard suction hose - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_suction_hose

   5-inch (13 cm) flex suction hose with Storz fittings, mounted on an engine. Flexible suction hose (Flex suction or suction hose), not to be confused with hard suction hose in U.S., is a specific type of fire hose used in drafting operations, when a fire engine uses a vacuum to draw water from a portable water tank, pool, or other static water source.