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Said of vehicles or equipment designed to be operated or used on either land or water.
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PLANT LAYOUT
The location of equipment and facilities in a manufacturing plant.
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PLANT
The land, buildings, and equipment used in an industry.
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PIPE TRAIN
In the extrusion of plastic pipe, the entire equipment assembly used to fabricate the pipe (such as the extruder, die, cooling bath, haul-off, and cutter).
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PILOT MATERIALS
A minimum quantity of special materials, partially finished components, forgings, and castings, identified with specific production equipment and processes and required for the purpose of proofing, tooling.
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PHOTOELECTRIC CONTROL
Control of a circuit or piece of equipment by changes in incident light.
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PERFORMANCE CHART
Graphical representations showing the abilities of rotating equipment at various operating conditions; for example, the performance curve for a compressor would include rotor speed for various intake and outlet pressures versus gas flow rate adjusted for temperature, density, viscosity, head, and other factors.
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PARACRATE
Rigid equipment container for dropping equipment from an airplane by parachute.
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PARABOMB
An equipment container with a parachute which is capable of opening automatically after a delayed drop.
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ORDNANCE
Militarymateriel,suchascombat weapons of all kinds, with ammunition and equipment for their use, vehicles, and repair tools and machinery.
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OIL RECLAIMING
1. A process in which oil is passed through a filter as it comes from equipment and then returned for reuse, in the same manner that crank case oil is cleaned by an engine filter. 2. A method in which solids are removed from oil by treatment in settling tanks.
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