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Westinghouse pump (US+) Powered by steam, it compresses air for operating the train air brake system. [3]: 2 The Westinghouse air brake system is used world-wide; [3]: 93 in Europe two systems that use the same principle are the Kunze-Knorr and Oerlikon systems. It can be a single-stage or, when larger capacity is needed, a two-stage cross ...
White-Westinghouse is an American home appliance brand used under license by trademark owner Westinghouse Licensing Corporation. [1] It was created in 1975 when White Consolidated Industries bought the Westinghouse Electric Corporation 's major appliance business.
1885 – Westinghouse becomes aware of the new European transformer based alternating current systems when he reads about them in the UK technical journal Engineering [34] 1885 – William Stanley, Jr., working for Westinghouse, develops the first practical AC transformer [35] 1886 – Westinghouse Electric Company founded in East Pittsburgh [36]
The Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division (CTSD), part of Westinghouse Electric Corporation's [1] Westinghouse Power Generation [2] group, was originally located, along with the Steam Turbine Division (STD), in a major industrial manufacturing complex, referred to as the South Philadelphia Works, in Lester, Pennsylvania near to the Philadelphia International Airport.
The Wedgewood stove was manufactured in Newark, California, originally by the James Graham Manufacturing Company and later as a division of Rheem.Gas ranges and stand-alone ovens marketed under the Wedgewood brand were particularly popular in the Western United States in the early and middle of the 20th Century.
Figure parts A–D show steps in forming a "short tie" Western Union splice. Figure parts E and F show two possible "long tie" variations. [2]The Western Union splice or lineman splice is a method of joining electrical cable, developed in the nineteenth century during the introduction of the telegraph and named for the Western Union telegraph company.
Westinghouse Signals, earlier name of Westinghouse Rail Systems; Westinghouse Brakes (UK), now part of Knorr-Bremse; Westinghouse Combustion Turbine Systems Division, a facility near the Philadelphia Airport later home to an industrial park, “Westinghouse Park” Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division, maker of early turbojet engines ...
Westinghouse Electronics, LLC is a Chinese-owned American company that manufactures LCD televisions located in Diamond Bar, California. [ 1 ] It is a licensee of the Westinghouse Licensing Corporation , commonly known as Westinghouse Electric Corporation.