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Industrial machinery
Of or pertaining to machines or parts of machines that are used in an industrial setting.
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boiler
Industrial machinery; Boilers
A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications. The ...
pot boiler
Industrial machinery; Boilers
A primitive "kettle" where a fire heats a partially-filled water container from below. 18th century Haycock boilers generally produced and stored large volumes of very ...
fire-tube boiler
Industrial machinery; Boilers
Water partially fills a boiler barrel with a small volume left above to accommodate the steam (steam space). This is the type of boiler used in nearly all steam locomotives. The ...
water-tube boiler
Industrial machinery; Boilers
In this type,the water tubes are arranged inside a furnace in a number of possible configurations: often the water tubes connect large drums, the lower ones containing water and ...
sectional boiler
Industrial machinery; Boilers
In a cast iron sectional boiler, sometimes called a "pork chop boiler" the water is contained inside cast iron sections. These sections are assembled on site to create the ...
bottom blowdown valves
Industrial machinery; Boilers
They provide a means for removing solid particulates that condense and lie on the bottom of a boiler. As the name implies, this valve is usually located directly on the bottom of ...
continuous blowdown valve
Industrial machinery; Boilers
This allows a small quantity of water to escape continuously. Its purpose is to prevent the water in the boiler becoming saturated with dissolved salts. Saturation would lead to ...
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