Mechanical Definitions |
Fire Bridge : It is a low wall separating the hearth
and the grate in a reverberatory furnace. |
Firecracker : A small device which is designed to produce
a large amount of noise of an explosive charge. It has a fuse
and wrapped in heavy paper casing, to contain the explosive
compound. |
Fire Detector : It is a temperature sensing device which
is designed to sound an alarm to turn on a sprinkler system.
Some fire detectors are designed to activate some other fire
preventive measure at the first sign of fire. |
Fire Door : A door used as a passive fire protection
item within buildings to prevent the spread of fire or smoke.
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Fire Extinguisher : It is an active fire protection device
which is used to extinguish or control small fires, often in
emergency situations. It extinguishes fire by the ejection of
a fire-inhibiting substance, such as water, carbon dioxide,
gas or chemical foam. |
Firefinder : It is an instrument which consists of a
map a sightning device used in fire towers to locate forest
fires. |
Fire Pump : A pump which is used for fire protection
purpose. It is a part of a fire sprinkler system's water supply.
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Firing Machine : It is a mechanical stocker which is
used to feed coal to a boiler furnace. |
Firing Pressure : It is the highest pressure in an engine
cylinder during combustion. |
Fitting : It is a small auxiliary part of dimensions
which is used in the assembly of an engine, piping system, machine
or other apparatus. |
Fixed-charge Problem : It is a linear programming problem
in which each variable has a fixed-charge coefficiet in addition
to the usual cost coefficient. The fixed charge is a nonlinear
function and is acquired only when the variable appears in the
solution with a positive level. |
Fixed-feed Grinding : It is a process of feeding processed
material to a grinding wheel, or vice versa in predetermined
increments or at a given rate. |
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