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The clamshell bucket on the left hand side of the photograph on this page at Cardiff is a self-dumping chain grab. Generally, grabs have an open top to the shell body. Grabs handling light-weight powders which may be blown from the grab are sometimes fitted with covers which may be fixed or pivoted at the lower arm connection.
A clamshell bucket. A grab or mechanical grab is a mechanical device with two or more jaws (sometime clamshell-shaped), used to pick things up or to capture things. Some types include: Roundnose grab; Clamshell grab; Orange-peel grab in Dutch and German they are called poliep grijpers/ Polypengreifer = "polyp grabs".
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.
A hydraulic tappet, also known as a "hydraulic valve lifter" and "hydraulic lash adjuster", contains a small hydraulic piston that becomes filled with pressurised engine oil. [4] [11] The piston acts as a hydraulic spring that automatically adjusts the tappet clearance according to the oil pressure. Although the movements of the piston are ...
A clamshell is a one-piece container consisting of two halves joined by a hinge area which allows the structure to come together to close. Clamshells can be made to be reusable and reclosable [ 1 ] or can be sealed securely.
A grab dredge. Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines; and recovering valuable mineral deposits or marine life having commercial value.
The buckets can be also triangular in cross-section and set close together on the belt with little or no clearance between them. This is a continuous bucket elevator. Its main use is to carry difficult materials [clarification needed] at a slow speed. Early bucket elevators used a flat chain with small, steel buckets attached every few inches ...
Clamshell design, a form factor used for electronic devices, also known as a "flip" or "flip phone". Clamshell (container), a design used for storage and food packaging, usually made of plastic or paperboard. Clamshell case, a type of box for storing paper items in archives (may also refer to either of the two uses above - electronics or packaging)