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2. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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   A small boat stuffing box comprising an adjusting nut, a locking nut and a sleeve. On a boat having an inboard motor that turns a shaft attached to an external propeller, the shaft passes through a stuffing box, also called a "packing box" or "stern gland" in this application. The stuffing box prevents water from entering the boat's hull.

3. Bresle method - Wikipedia

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   A test patch should be as clean as possible. Contamination of a patch can influence the results significantly. Bresle patch injected with 15ml water as in ISO 8502-6 Annex A. The ISO 8502-6 standard prescribes in annex A that certified patches shall be used. This annex describes a stress test to ensure patch adhesion and wash ability.

4. Oily water separator (marine) - Wikipedia

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   The oil accumulating at the top is then transferred to waste oil tank on the vessel where it is later discharged to a treatment facility ashore. This type of Oily Water Separator is common in ships, but it has flaws that decrease efficiency. Oil particles that are twenty micrometers or smaller are not separated.

5. 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. This clearance prevents the parts ...

6. Outboard Marine Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Despite the large expenditures, OMC's decision to focus on boatbuilding proved to be a good one. OMC was able to pair boats with appropriately powered outboards and sales of boat packages doubled within a one-year timeframe. Smaller and quieter V-6s were introduced in 1991 in the form of the Evinrude Spitfire and the Johnson Silver-Star series.

7. Liftboat - Wikipedia

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   In the 1950s the Dean brothers owned a repair service for automobiles, marine, and farm equipment called Universal Repair Service, which is now known as EBI, Elevating Boats LLC. As of 2018 [update] , the company operates 30 liftboats that service the shallow water oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico from their liftboat dock in Houma ...

8. Lifeboat (shipboard) - Wikipedia

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   Seagoing oil rigs are also customarily equipped with this type of lifeboat. [citation needed] Lifeboat on oil rig. Tankers are required to carry fireproof lifeboats, tested to survive a flaming oil or petroleum product spill from the tanker. Fire protection of such boats is provided by insulation and a sprinkler system which has a pipe system ...

9. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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   A "mud man" is the drilling fluids technician responsible for formulating the mud, while a "mud logger" checks mud cuttings from the drill bit for traces of rock or oil and gas that provide a picture of conditions downhole. Negative Pressure test: A test performed to determine the integrity of wells.