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  2. John Crane Group - Wikipedia

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    Crane Packing introduced its “CHEMLON” line of Teflon-based packing material for use on pumps, valves, hydraulic fittings and cylinders, coaxial cables, and gaskets in 1948. [5] Old John Crane Advertisement. In 1950, Crane Packing purchased 26 acres (110,000 m 2) of land in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Construction began on ...

  3. Crane Co. - Wikipedia

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    During the 1920s, when Crane expanded overseas, the company was the world's leading manufacturer of valves and fittings. Company sales rose to over US$300 million per annum by the mid-1950s. In 1959, the Crane family sold their control of the company, and the new owners began to turn Crane into a global conglomerate that made aerospace ...

  4. Crane Army Ammunition Activity - Wikipedia

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    The facilities at CAAA include more than 200 production buildings, a 72,000-square-foot (6,700 m 2) machine shop, roughly 1,800 storage buildings for both explosive and inert ammunition with a total capacity of 4,800,000 square feet (450,000 m 2), an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) demolition range and 40 acres (160,000 m 2) of ammunition burning grounds.

  5. Manning, Maxwell and Moore - Wikipedia

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  6. Stuffing box - Wikipedia

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    In a common type of stuffing box, rings of braided fiber, known as shaft packing or gland packing, form a seal between the shaft and the stuffing box. A traditional variety of shaft packing comprises a square cross-section rope made of flax or hemp impregnated with wax and lubricants. A turn of the adjusting nut compresses the shaft packing.

  7. Spare part - Wikipedia

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    A spare part, spare, service part, repair part, or replacement part, is an interchangeable part that is kept in an inventory and used for the repair or refurbishment of defective equipment/units. Spare parts are an important feature of logistics engineering and supply chain management, often comprising dedicated spare parts management systems.

  8. 'Largest floating crane' at Baltimore bridge site isn't the ...

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    The Port of Baltimore shared an image of the crane barge, Donjon's Chesapeake 1000, which ABC News reported was onsite Friday morning at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The span ...

  9. Blowout preventer - Wikipedia

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    It has a donut-like rubber seal, known as an elastomeric packing unit, reinforced with steel ribs. The packing unit is situated in the BOP housing between the head and hydraulic piston. When the piston is actuated, its upward thrust forces the packing unit to constrict, like a sphincter, sealing the annulus or openhole. Annular preventers have ...