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  • Thumbnail for Rope
    can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine. Rope may be constructed of any long...
    37 KB (4,597 words) - 10:58, 31 August 2024
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    (pulleys that support the rope above the ground) cannot be used. A development of the simple rope tow is the handle tow (or pony lift), where plastic or metal...
    13 KB (1,595 words) - 05:06, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lifting equipment
    Lifting equipment, also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads. Types of lifting equipment...
    4 KB (417 words) - 06:23, 5 April 2024
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    Rigging (material handling) (category Lifting equipment)
    systems commonly include shackles, master links and slings, and lifting bags in underwater lifting. In the United States the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
    4 KB (511 words) - 18:57, 5 May 2024
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    multiply the lifting force. Hoist (device) – Device used for lifting or lowering a load Crane (machine) – Type of machine Wire rope – Metal rope Chain – Series...
    1 KB (128 words) - 07:45, 13 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Block and tackle
    tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift heavy loads. The pulleys are assembled to form...
    16 KB (2,211 words) - 16:40, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bondage positions and methods
    lifted. By further lifting the arms beyond a critical point this may become too difficult or even physically impossible to continue without lifting themselves...
    56 KB (6,787 words) - 18:25, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Torture chamber
    strappado, which was a simple rope and pulley system. With the pulley attached to ceiling of the chamber, the lifting rope was tied to the wrist of the...
    48 KB (5,450 words) - 15:08, 24 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wire rope
    are used dynamically for lifting and hoisting in cranes and elevators, and for transmission of mechanical power. Wire rope is also used to transmit force...
    26 KB (3,355 words) - 04:43, 3 June 2024
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    and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate supporting...
    18 KB (1,824 words) - 23:32, 22 October 2024
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    needed] Gondola lifts which feature one stationary 'support' rope and one haul rope are known as bi-cable gondola lifts, while lifts that feature two...
    16 KB (1,183 words) - 21:44, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neil Robertson stretcher
    being wrapped in canvas and secured using robust canvas straps, with a lifting rope affixed to a head-mounted ring and a guideline tied near the ankles,...
    4 KB (436 words) - 06:08, 7 September 2024
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    Aerial tramway (category Ski lift types)
    type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip of...
    27 KB (2,993 words) - 17:31, 19 October 2024
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    Hoist (device) (category Lifting equipment)
    A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated...
    9 KB (1,121 words) - 12:14, 6 December 2023
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    Chairlift (redirect from Chair lift)
    ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and...
    32 KB (3,977 words) - 00:10, 20 August 2024
  • Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same title by Patrick Hamilton. The...
    32 KB (3,491 words) - 23:53, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for DDT (professional wrestling)
    between a lifting DDT and a brainbuster. It was used by Shinya Hashimoto. The wrestler bounces off the middle rope or elevates themself on the top rope, performing...
    29 KB (3,949 words) - 23:46, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Japanese bondage
    simple yet visually intricate patterns, usually with several pieces of thin rope (often jute, hemp or linen and generally around 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter...
    20 KB (2,494 words) - 00:34, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman
    the scene and launched Pisces II with a polypropylene rope attached. However, the lifting rope broke free of the manipulator arm and the submersible had...
    16 KB (1,840 words) - 20:48, 1 September 2024
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    a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and a cable or rope is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end...
    8 KB (903 words) - 19:18, 20 October 2024
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