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2. Thermostatic mixing valve - Wikipedia

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   These are single Outlet Thermostatic Mixing Valves, often called "thermostatic faucets", "thermostat taps" or "thermostat valves". Designed for single point applications, such as individual showering, hand wash basin mixers, bath or tub fillers; High level protection against scalding and thermal shock

3. Valve stem - Wikipedia

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   A valve stem is a self-contained valve that opens to admit gas to a chamber (such as air to inflate a tire), [1] and is then automatically closed and kept sealed by the pressure in the chamber, or a spring, [2] [3] or both, to prevent the gas from escaping.

4. Valve leakage - Wikipedia

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   The importance of valve leakage depends on what the valve is controlling. For example, a dripping tap is less significant than a leak from a six-inch pipe carrying high-pressure radioactive steam. In the United States, the American National Standards Institute specifies six different leakage classes, with "leakage" defined in terms of the full ...

5. Presta valve - Wikipedia

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   The Presta valve (also French valve (FV) or Sclaverand valve) is a type of tire valve commonly found on high pressure bicycle inner tubes and is commonly used on tubeless setups. It consists of an outer valve stem and an inner valve body. A lock nut to secure the stem at the wheel rim and a valve cap may also be present.

6. Piston valve (steam engine) - Wikipedia

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   The valve is next opened by moving it to the right, allowing the clear space in the middle of the valve to align with the channel in the cylinder above it. Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive .

7. Efforts to stem the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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   The government's estimates suggested the cap and other equipment were capturing less than half of the oil leaking from the sea floor as of late June. [24] On July 10, robots removed the containment cap to replace it with a better-fitting cap ("Top Hat Number 10"); this meant all of the leaking oil would escape until the new cap was in place. [25]

8. Leaky homes crisis - Wikipedia

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   The leaky homes crisis is an ongoing construction and legal crisis in New Zealand concerning timber-framed homes built from 1988 to 2004 that were not fully weather-tight. . The problems often include the decay of timber framing which, in extreme cases, have made buildings structurally unsou

9. Stem (bicycle part) - Wikipedia

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   Quill stem classic single-piece type Threadless stem shown with cable hole. The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork. Sometimes called a goose neck, [1] a stem's design belongs to either a quill or threadless system, and each system is compatible with respective headset and fork ...