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  2. Zamperla - Wikipedia

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    Zamperla builds roller coasters, like the powered Dragon Coaster, Mini Mouse, Zig Zag, and Volare. In 2006, Zamperla announced Motocoaster, a motorcycle-themed roller coaster. Rights to some of S.D.C.'s rides were handed to Zamperla (along with S&C and S&MC) after the company went bankrupt in 1993. [3]

  3. Zig-Zag (company) - Wikipedia

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    In 1894, they invented the process of "interleaving" rolling papers. They called their papers Zig-Zag after the zigzag alternating packaging process. [1] In 1900, Zig-Zag was awarded a gold medal at the Universal Exposition in Paris. [citation needed] Success led to expansion in 1919 to a new mill in Thonon-les-Bains.

  4. Plate rolling machine - Wikipedia

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    With the side rolls all the way in, you have the least mechanical advantage. So, a machine has the capability of rolling 2-inch-thick material with the maximum mechanical advantage, but a job is only 1/2 inch thick. Reduce the mechanical advantage and one has a machine that can roll from 1/2 to 2 inches thick.

  5. Steamroller - Wikipedia

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    This experimental machine was described by local papers as 'the world's first steamroller' and it caused a public spectacle. In 1867, the steam road roller was patented and the company began production of the first practical steam roller – the new machine's rollers were mounted at the front instead of the back and it weighed in excess of 30 tons.

  6. Roll slitting - Wikipedia

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    For rewind slitting the machine used is called a slitter rewinder, a slitter or a slitting machine – these names are used interchangeably for the same machines. "Slitting" refers to the process of industrial cutting the material web in a lengthwise direction, while "cutting" refers to both lengthwise and crosswise cutting operations.

  7. Dubai Tram - Wikipedia

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    The first section, a 10.6-kilometer (6.6 mi) long tram line which serves 11 stations, was ceremonially inaugurated on 11 November 2014, by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with the line officially opening for public service at 6:30 am (UTC 04:30) on 12 November 2014.

  8. Roll bender - Wikipedia

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    Roll bender machine. A roll bender is a mechanical jig having three rollers used to bend a metal bar into a circular arc. The rollers freely rotate about three parallel axes, which are arranged with uniform horizontal spacing.

  9. Road roller - Wikipedia

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    Caterpillar soil compactor equipped with padfoot drum, being used to compact the ground before placing concrete Antique "Kemna" steamroller. A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller [1]) is a compactor-type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations. [1]