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  2. Pilot-operated relief valve - Wikipedia

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    A separate actuator on the piping releases pressure in the line if it crosses a threshold. This releases the pressure on the back of the seal, causing the valve to open. The essential parts of a PORV are a pilot valve (or control pilot), a main valve, a pilot tube, the dome, a disc or piston, and a seat. The volume above the piston is called ...

  3. Leslie Controls - Wikipedia

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    Leslie was purchased in 1989 by Watts Industries, Inc. of Andover, Massachusetts, which made water valves and was trying to increase its share of the valve industry. Leslie's 1988 sales were $33 million, Watts had sales of $181 million. [13] Leslie bought K&M Valve Company in 1995. [14]

  4. Beartrap (hauldown device) - Wikipedia

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    As the pilot decreases the power, the helicopter is slowly pulled by the winch to the "low hover" position just above the deck while maintaining sync with the ship. [ 1 ] [ 15 ] The rate of pull applied by the winch is under the direct control of the landing safety officer (LSO), who can opt to increase or decrease the helicopter's descent ...

  5. Remotely operated underwater vehicle - Wikipedia

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    ROV at work in an underwater oil and gas field. The ROV is using a torque wrench to adjust a valve on a subsea structure.. A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) [citation needed] or remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is a free-swimming submersible craft used to perform underwater observation, inspection and physical tasks such as valve operations, hydraulic functions and other general ...

  6. Active heave compensation - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Hydraulic "active boost" winches control the oil flow from the pump(s) to the winch so that the target position is reached. Hydraulic winch systems can use accumulators and passive heave compensation to form a semi-active system with both an active and a passive component. In such systems the active part will take over when the passive ...

  7. Fitted For Wireless - Wikipedia

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    Austin K9 FFW, with 'house' body. Fitted For Wireless (FFW) and Fitted For Radio (FFR) were British Army designators for vehicles equipped to carry radio equipment. Although many of these vehicles were dedicated 'radio vans' and had complex and expensive radio sets installed, the intention was also that general purpose vehicles could be issued in 'FFW' state with the low-cost but time ...

  8. Windlass - Wikipedia

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    Vitruvius, a military engineer writing about 28 BC, defined a machine as "a combination of timber fastened together, chiefly efficacious in moving great weights".About a century later, Hero of Alexandria summarized the practice of his day by naming the "five simple machines" for "moving a given weight by a given force" as the lever, windlass, screw for power, wedge, and tackle block (pulley).

  9. WaveBird Wireless Controller - Wikipedia

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    The WaveBird Wireless Controller was designed and sold by Nintendo. [1] Unlike most wireless controllers of its era, it relies on RF technology (first used in gaming with Atari's CX-42 joysticks [14]) instead of infrared line-of-sight signal transmission, [1] and the controller's radio transceiver operates at 2.4 GHz. [15]