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  2. High lead logging - Wikipedia

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    Butt rigging is installed where the two lines join and the logs are hooked to the butt rigging with chokers. The procedure is to wind up the main line and the logs are pulled in, wind up the haulback and the butt rigging is pulled out for more logs or another 'turn'.

  3. Rigging (material handling) - Wikipedia

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    Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment such as wire rope, turnbuckles, clevis, jacks used with cranes and other lifting equipment [1] in material handling and structure relocation. Rigging systems commonly include shackles, master links and slings, and lifting bags in underwater lifting.

  4. Rigger (industry) - Wikipedia

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    The term comes from the days of sailing ships, when a rigger was a person who worked with rigging, that is, ropes for hoisting the sails.Sailors could put their rope skills to work in lifting and hauling.

  5. Shop drawing - Wikipedia

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    Installation information will need to be reviewed with electrical and plumbing trades to coordinate third-party service connections. A shop drawing is a drawing or set of drawings produced by the contractor , supplier , manufacturer, subcontractor , consultants, or fabricator .

  6. List of components of oil drilling rigs - Wikipedia

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    Blowout preventers (BOPs) (#23 and #24) are devices installed at the wellhead to prevent fluids and gases from unintentionally escaping from the wellbore. #23 is the annular (often referred to as Hydril named after a manufacturer), and #24 is the pipe rams and blind rams.

  7. Derrick - Wikipedia

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    In a simpler construction, a shearleg derrick can be assembled from two posts to form A-frame shear legs without any crossbar. The bottom of the legs are set in two holes on the ground, spreading them apart. There is a rope to tie the two legs together near the bottom to prevent them from spreading apart further.

  8. Crane vessel - Wikipedia

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    Lodbrok is a floating crane, in the harbor of Ystad 2020.. A crane vessel, crane ship, crane barge, or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads, typically exceeding 1,500 t (1,476 long tons; 1,653 short tons) for modern ships.

  9. Square rig - Wikipedia

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    Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. These spars are called yards and their tips, outside the lifts, are called the yardarms. [1]