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Replacing an advertising poster in London using an aerial work platform. An aerial work platform (AWP), also an aerial device, aerial lift, boom lift, bucket truck, cherry picker, elevating work platform (EWP), mobile elevating work platform (MEWP), or scissor lift, is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height.
Principle of rope-shovel operation. [1]A power shovel, also known as a motor shovel, stripping shovel, front shovel, mining shovel or rope shovel, [2] is a bucket-equipped machine usually powered by steam, diesel fuel, gasoline or electricity and used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction. [3]
Altec Lansing, Inc. is an American audio electronics company founded in 1927. [4] ... parts and product inventories, distributor network, designs, patents, and assets ...
Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC), founded in part by Omidyar Network; Altec Industries, Inc., Alabama Truck & Equipment Company. Altec is a provider of equipment and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets.
The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom, while the section that carries the bucket is known as the dipper (or dipper-stick), both terms derived from steam shovels. The boom, which is the long piece of the backhoe arm attached to the tractor through a pivot called the king-post, is located closest to the cab.
In 1983, Styslinger started his career at Altec, Inc.—a company his grandfather founded in 1929. [3] [10] He became president in 1994 and was named CEO in 1997, [8] [11] and now serves as co-chairman of Altec, Inc., the Holding Company for Altec Industries, Capital Services, National Equipment Company, Altec Worldwide, Global Rental, and Altec Ventures.
Subsets of the excavator bucket are: the ditching bucket, trenching bucket, A ditching bucket is a wider bucket with no teeth, 5–6 feet (1.52–1.83 m) used for excavating larger excavations and grading stone. A trenching excavator bucket is normally 6 to 24 in (152 to 610 mm) wide and with protruding teeth.
DOHC engine with a bucket tappet. Double overhead camshaft (DOHC) engines were first developed as high performance aircraft and racing engines, with the camshafts mounted directly over the valves and driving them through a simple 'bucket tappet'. Most engines used a crossflow cylinder head with the valves in two rows in line with their ...