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An example of a standard type chain with cables running through it. Cable carriers, also known as drag chains, energy chains, or cable chains depending on the manufacturer, are guides designed to surround and guide flexible electrical cables and hydraulic or pneumatic hoses connected to moving automated machinery.
A bucket brigade or human chain is a method for transporting items where items are passed from one (relatively stationary) person to the next. The method was important in firefighting before the advent of hand-pumped fire engines, whereby firefighters would pass buckets of water to each other to extinguish a blaze.
A cross country skier in Finland pulling a pulk with outdoor baggage. A rescue toboggan, also known as a rescue sled [1] or emergency rescue sledge, [2] or by the Finnish word ahkio (also transliterated akia, ackja, akija, and akja), [3] is a carrier for transporting a person or goods on snowy or icy surfaces.
Drag chain may refer to: Cable carrier in moving machinery; Drag conveyor, for moving bulk material; A type of chain shift in linguistics; Part of a dragline excavator;
The third method is float-out, used for ships that are built in basins or dry docks and then floated by admitting water into the dock. [2] If launched in a restrictive waterway, drag chains are used to slow the ship speed to prevent it striking the opposite bank. [3]
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Some of the world’s largest resort companies are starting to phase out their use of plastic bottles and other single-use containers. Plastic Planet Last month Marriott, the world’s largest ...
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