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  2. 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.

  3. List of welding codes - Wikipedia

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    Industrial mill crane welding AWS D14.3: Earthmoving & agricultural equipment welding AWS D14.4: Machinery joint welding AWS D14.5: Press welding AWS D14.6: Rotating Elements of Equipment AWS D14.9 Specification for the Welding of Hydraulic Cylinders AWS D15.1: Railroad welding AWS D15.2: Railroad welding practice supplement AWS D16.1

  4. Windscreen wiper - Wikipedia

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    A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window. Almost all motor vehicles , including cars , trucks , buses , train locomotives , and watercraft with a cabin —and some aircraft —are equipped with ...

  5. Repulsion motor - Wikipedia

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    A repulsion motor is a type of electric motor which runs on alternating current (AC). It was formerly used as a traction motor for electric trains (e.g. SR Class CP and SR Class SL electric multiple units) but has been superseded by other types of motors. [citation needed] Repulsion motors are classified as single phase motors.

  6. Trico - Wikipedia

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    Trico was involved in a patent dispute with William M. Folberth who, with his brother Fred, invented a vacuum-powered wiper motor in 1919. The patent was granted in 1922, and Trico later purchased the Folberth company to settle the dispute. Vacuum wiper motors produced by Trico carry an earliest patent number that dates back to 1928.

  7. Robert Kearns - Wikipedia

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    The lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company was opened in 1978 and ended in 1990. Kearns sought $395 million in damages. He turned down a $30 million settlement offer in 1990 and took it to the jury, which awarded him $5.2 million; Ford agreed to pay $10.2 million rather than face another round of litigation.

  8. International Classification for Standards - Wikipedia

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    All classification levels are designated by a classification code (called notation) and a title. The notation is a set of Arabic numerals. Top-level items, which have no parent levels, use a two-digit notation, for example: 43 ROAD VEHICLE ENGINEERING. The notations for groups and sub-groups include the parent-level notations. The example below ...

  9. Reed–Solomon error correction - Wikipedia

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    The Reed–Solomon code is actually a family of codes, where every code is characterised by three parameters: an alphabet size , a block length, and a message length, with <. The set of alphabet symbols is interpreted as the finite field F {\displaystyle F} of order q {\displaystyle q} , and thus, q {\displaystyle q} must be a prime power .