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  2. Zero speed switch - Wikipedia

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    Zero speed switches (ZSS) also known as Speed Actuating Sensing Switches [1] are used to detect whether a rotating shaft is turning (even at very slow speeds) [2] in various machines, conveyors, power plants, and in industries involving the production of cement, sugar, textiles, paper, etc. Zero speed switches mainly use electromechanical, electronic, or magnetic proximity technologies.

  3. Design 1001 ship - Wikipedia

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    The Design 1001 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1001) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board ' s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I. [2]

  4. Jabiru 5100 - Wikipedia

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    The engine is direct-drive and is fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual-ignition systems as standard equipment.. It was developed from the Jabiru 2200 and 3300 aeroengines, but whilst these earlier modular-design engines share the same bore and stroke (97.5mm x 74 mm), the 5100 flat-eight shares only the 97.5mm bore, and the stroke is increased from 74mm to 85mm.

  5. Garden Banks Pipeline - Wikipedia

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    The Garden Banks 72 platform is a base for gathering deepwater production from the Garden Banks area, and acts as a junction platform connecting both the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline and the Poseidon Oil Pipeline System. [7] Garden Banks makes up just one component of the 26,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines on the Gulf of Mexico's seafloor. [8]

  6. Wheel Horse - Wikipedia

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    The company's products earned a good reputation in the marketplace. The 1968 Ranger was a high-end 6 hp (4.5 kW) rider with big rear wheels, "husky front suspension", and featured a two-year warranty. [3] In April 1968, Wheel Horse entered the snowmobile market by purchasing the Sno-Flite snowmobile line of CE Erickson of Des Moines, Iowa.

  7. Ferris wheel - Wikipedia

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    Ain Dubai, the world's largest Ferris wheel since 2021 in Dubai.. A Ferris wheel (also called a big wheel, giant wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they ...

  8. The Ferris Wheel (band) - Wikipedia

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    The group formed in late 1966. Original singer Diane Ferraz, born in Trinidad, had previously performed in a duo with singer Nicky Scott. They had been paired together and promoted by manager and record producer Simon Napier-Bell, who gained substantial publicity for the duo through his contacts in the London music business and because a pairing of white male and black female singers was ...

  9. Switched-mode power supply - Wikipedia

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    Around 0.5–0.6 without correction. [28]: 168 0.7–0.75 with passive correction and can exceed 0.99 with active correction. [31] Active/passive power factor correction in the SMPS can offset this problem and are even required by some electric regulation authorities, particularly in the EU. The internal resistance of low-power transformers in ...