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  2. Fusible plug - Wikipedia

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    A fusible plug is a threaded cylinder of metal, usually bronze, brass or gunmetal, with a tapered hole drilled completely through its length. This hole is sealed with a metal of low melting point that flows away if a predetermined high temperature is reached.

  3. Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 41, 2013 - Wikipedia

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    A fusible plug is a threaded metal cylinder usually of bronze, brass or gunmetal, with a tapered hole drilled completely through its length.This hole is sealed with a metal of low melting point that flows away if a pre-determined, high temperature is reached.

  4. Fire-tube boiler - Wikipedia

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    The gauge glass cocks and tubes and fusible plug should be cleared of scale; if the core of the fusible plug shows signs of calcination the item should be replaced. [13] On reassembly care should be taken that the threaded plugs are replaced in their original holes: the tapers can vary as a result of rethreading.

  5. Fusible link - Wikipedia

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    An electrical fusible link is a type of electrical fuse that is constructed simply with a short piece of wire typically four American wire gauge (AWG) sizes smaller than the wire that is being protected. For example, an AWG 16 fusible link might be used to protect AWG 12 wiring.

  6. Fuse plug - Wikipedia

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    A fuse plug is a collapsible dam installed on spillways in dams to increase the dam's capacity. The principle behind the fuse plug is that the majority of water that overflows a dam's spillway can be safely dammed except in high flood conditions. The fuse plug may be a sand-filled container, a steel structure or a concrete block. Under normal ...

  7. The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t ...

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    The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, California, was in the hospital for a spike in her blood pressure. She ...

  8. Glossary of boiler terms - Wikipedia

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    In Royal Navy practice, a reference to the specific Admiralty example of this. [4] [5] Throatplate a plate forming the lower front of the outer firebox of a locomotive boiler, below the barrel. Top-feed in locomotive boilers, a feed water check valve placed on the top of the boiler drum. This encourages rapid mixing of the cold feedwater with ...

  9. Plug Power plans $84 million project in Camden County - AOL

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    Jun. 10—ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has announced that Plug Power, a leading global provider of hydrogen solutions, will invest $84 million in opening a green hydrogen fuel production plant in ...