Heavy-weather practice of pouring oil on the sea to form a surface film that minimises the seas from breaking. To smooth out some difficulty.
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SKIN CONDENSER
Condenser using the outer surface of the cabinet as the heat radiating medium.
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ALKALINE BOIL-OUT
Employed to remove oil and grease deposits from heating surfaces.
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SEQUESTER
To form a stable, water-soluble complex.
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BULK CARGO
Cargo such as oil, coal, ore, woodchips, etc. not shipped in bags or containers
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ABRASION RESISTANCE
The ability of a material to resist surface wear.
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CUTTING WEAR
Comes about when hard surface asperities or hard particles that have embedded themselves into a soft surface and plough grooves into the opposing harder surface, e.g., a journal.
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ADHESIVE WEAR
Often referred to as galling, scuffing, scoring, or seizing. It happens when sliding surfaces contact one another, causing fragments to be pulled from one surface and to adhere to the other.
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BALL BEARING
An anti-friction rolling type bearing containing rolling elements in the form of balls.
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OILING SPLASH SYSTEM
Method of lubricating moving parts by agitating or splashing oil in the crankcase.
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JOURNAL BEARING
A sliding type of bearing having either rotating or oscillatory motion and in conjunction with which a journal operates. In a full or sleeve type journal bearing, the bearing surface is 360° in extent. In a partial bearing, the bearing surface is less than 360° in extent, i.e., 150°, 120°, etc.
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