enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mechanical systems drawing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_systems_drawing

    A drawing the intended locations of plant items and service routes in such detail as to indicate the design intent. The main features of detailed design drawings should be as follows: Plan layouts to a scale of at least 1:100. Plant areas to a scale of at least 1:50 and accompanied by cross-sections.

  3. File:World Trade Center Building Design with Floor and ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_Trade_Center...

    This work has been released into the public domain by its author, MacRudi. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: MacRudi grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

  4. Counterweight - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterweight

    Elevator In traction (non-hydraulic) elevators, a heavy counterweight counterbalances the load of the elevator carriage, so the motor lifts much less of the carriage's weight (specifically, the counterweight is the weight of the carriage plus 40-50% of its rated capacity). The counterweight also increases the ascending acceleration force and ...

  5. Systematic layout planning - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_layout_planning

    The systematic layout planning (SLP) - also referred to as site layout planning [1] - is a tool used to arrange a workplace in a plant by locating areas with high frequency and logical relationships close to each other. [2] The process permits the quickest material flow in processing the product at the lowest cost and least amount of handling ...

  6. The best home elevators of 2025, according to mobility experts

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/best-home-elevators...

    Stiltz elevators run on freestanding, self-supporting rails, so they don’t need supporting walls or elevator shafts. However, the compact design means the Duo Classic model can’t accommodate ...

  7. Paternoster lift - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift

    A paternoster in Prague Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation. A paternoster (/ ˌ p eɪ t ər ˈ n ɒ s t ər /, / ˌ p ɑː-/, or / ˌ p æ-/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping.

  8. Space elevator construction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator_construction

    Currently, the cable seeding design and the space manufacturing design are considered. The space manufacturing design would use a carbonaceous asteroid or near-Earth object for mining its material and producing a carbon nanotube cable. [2] The cable would then be transported back to geostationary orbit and spooled down.

  9. Core (architecture) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_(architecture)

    A core may include staircases, elevators, electrical cables, water pipes and risers. A core allows people to move between the floors of a building, and distributes services efficiently to the floors. A core may also serve a key structural role in a building, helping support it and acting as a load-bearing structure with load-bearing walls.