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2. Semi-trailer - Wikipedia

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   The combination of a semi-trailer and a tractor truck is called a semi-trailer truck (also known simply as a "semi-trailer", "tractor trailer", or "semi" in the United States). [1] A large proportion of a semi-trailer's weight is supported by a tractor unit, or a detachable front-axle assembly known as a dolly, or the tail of another trailer ...

3. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   Often a straight truck, semi-trailers are also common. Flatbeds and refuse container trucks can often "dump", but are rarely called that. [3] Eighteen-wheeler This term is derived from the number of tires that the typical OTR tractor-trailer configuration has. See also semi-truck. Semi-truck

4. Spring (device) - Wikipedia

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   A flat spring fixed only at one end like a cantilever, while the free-hanging end takes the load. Coil spring Also known as a helical spring. A spring (made by winding a wire around a cylinder) is of two types: Tension or extension springs are designed to become longer under load. Their turns (loops) are normally touching in the unloaded ...

5. Pipe support - Wikipedia

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   The critical component in both the type of supports are helical coil compression springs. Spring hanger & supports usually use helical coil compression springs. 1.Variable spring hanger or variable effort support: Variable spring hanger. Variable effort supports also known as variable hangers or variables are used to support pipe lines ...

6. Cliffhanger - Wikipedia

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   The 1914 film serial Perils of Pauline was shown in bi-weekly installments and ended with a cliffhanger.. A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious situation, facing a difficult dilemma or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction or before a commercial break in a television programme.

7. Hickam Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam.The installation merged in 2010 with Naval Station Pearl Harbor to become part of the newly formed Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi.