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An example of a standard type chain with cables running through it. Cable carriers, also known as drag chains, energy chains, or cable chains depending on the manufacturer, are guides designed to surround and guide flexible electrical cables and hydraulic or pneumatic hoses connected to moving automated machinery.
Drag chain may refer to: Cable carrier in moving machinery; Drag conveyor, for moving bulk material; A type of chain shift in linguistics; Part of a dragline excavator;
This is a list of supermarket chains in Africa. The largest supermarket chains in Africa are the Shoprite group and Choppies . The international chains with the most supermarkets are Carrefour , Coopérative U , Auchan and SPAR .
By February 2018, that number had risen to 45, with the latest addition being the Capital Centre Mall Branch, along Mombasa Road in Nairobi. [21] In February 2020, the supermarket chain opened its 64th store as the anchor tenant in the mega city mall, in Kisumu. [22] By June 2022, the retail chain had grown to 84 outlets in Kenya. [1]
The chain has a poor safety record and has faced strong criticism mainly regarding shoppers' and employees' safety. Main case in point is the 2009 Nakumatt fire in which over 29 people lost their lives. However, the management has taken steps to ensure that such accidents do not happen again.
Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi is characterised by achievements and challenges. Among the achievements is the expansion of infrastructure to keep pace with population growth, in particular through the construction of the Thika Dam and associated water treatment plant and pipelines during the 1990s; the transformation of the municipal water department into an autonomous utility in 2003 ...
The sea temperature at the water sampling depth is recorded by means of a reversing thermometer fixed to the Nansen bottle. This is a mercury thermometer with a constriction in its capillary tube which, when the thermometer is inverted, causes the thread to break and trap the mercury, fixing the temperature reading. [ 1 ]
Cable ferries have probably been used to cross rivers and similar bodies of water since before recorded history. Examples of ferry routes using this technology date back to the 13th century (Hampton Ferry in England). In 1831 James Meadows Rendel introduced chain ferries worked by steam and in 1832 constructed one crossing the Dart at Dartmouth ...