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Clamp (tool)
A clamp is a fastener, fastening device used to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation through the application of inward pressure. In the United Kingdom the term cramp is often used instead when the tool is for temporary use for positioning components during construction and woodworking; thus a C clamp, G cramp or a sash clamp but a wheel clamp or a surgical clamp. There are many types of clamps available for many different purposes. Some are temporary, as used to position components while fixing them together, others are intended to be permanent. In the field of animal husbandry, using a clamp to attach an animal to a stationary object is known as "rounded clamping." A physical clamp of this type is also used to refer to an obscure investment banking term, "fund clamps." Anything that performs the action of clamping may be called a clamp, so this gives rise to a wide variety of terms across many fields. Types Temporary These clamps (or cram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamps
Clamp may refer to: Tools and devices *Brick clamp, an early method of baking bricks *Clamp (tool), a device or tool used to hold objects in a fixed relative position (many types listed) **C-clamp **C-clamp (stagecraft) **Riser clamp, a device used to support vertical piping **Hose clamp, a device to secure a hose to a fitting *Nipple clamp, a sex toy *Storage clamp, an agricultural root crop storage *Wheel clamp, a device used with road vehicles to prevent theft or enforce parking restrictions Biology and medicine * Paleothermometer#CLAMP (Climate leaf analysis multivariate program), CLAMP (Climate leaf analysis multivariate program), a method for characterizing past climates * Clamp (zoology), an attachment structure found in some parasitic flatworms * Clamp connection, a structure formed by hyphal cells of certain fungi * DNA clamp, a ring-like structure associated with DNA replication and other phenomena * Glucose clamp technique, a method for quantifying insulin secretion an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strake
On a vessel's Hull (watercraft), hull, a strake is a longitudinal course of Plank (wood), planking or Plate (metal), plating which runs from the boat's stem (ship), stempost (at the Bow (ship), bows) to the stern, sternpost or transom (nautical), transom (at the rear). The garboard strakes are the two immediately adjacent to the keel on each side. The word derives from traditional wooden boat building methods, used in both Carvel (boat building), carvel and clinker (boat building), clinker construction. In a metal ship, a strake is a course of plating. Construction In small boats strakes may be single continuous pieces of wood. In larger wooden vessels strakes typically comprise several planks which are either scarf joint, scarfed, or Butt joint, butt-jointed and reinforced with a butt block. Where the transverse sections of the vessel's shape are fuller, the strakes are wider; they taper toward the ends. In a Rivet, riveted steel ship, the strakes were usually lapped and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marman Clamp
A Marman clamp is a type of heavy-duty band clamp; it allows two cylindrical objects to be clamped together end-to-end with a ring clamp. It is sometimes also known as a "Marman ring". It consists of a circular strap with an interior V-shaped groove. Tension is applied to the strap with a threaded bolt and nuts connecting to the ends of the strap. As the circumferential tension increases, the V-groove wedges over flanges on the circular parts to be assembled, providing the axial force that holds the ends of the two cylinders together. The Marman clamp is an alternative to a bolted flange connection which would be heavier and require more labor to connect. Another variety uses a flat strap, used where systems carry low pressure or to hold a cylindrical object in position. Hose connectors A common use for Marman clamps is as quick-disconnect connectors in flexible aircraft fuel lines. Spacecraft separation Marman clamps are used extensively in spaceflight systems and are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hose Clamp
A hose clamp is a device used to attach and seal a hose (tubing), hose onto a fitting such as a barb (hose), barb or nipple (plumbing), nipple. Materials The core range of hose clamps on the open market are made from materials like stainless steel, which come in varying standards such as 304 (W4), 316 (W5) and 430 (W3). Stainless steel is classified into various grades based on its composition and properties, which are crucial for applications such as hose clamps. Hose clamps also come in W1 (zinc-plated steel) and mixed materials like zinc-plated & 430SS (W5). More modern iterations of the hose clamp include sees them being manufactured from polymer, which includes materials specifications such as nylon 66 (PA66) or polypropylene (PP) and nylon 12 (PA12). Types Many types are available, including : Screw/band (worm gear) clamps Screw clamps consist of a band, often galvanization, galvanized or stainless steel, into which a screw thread pattern has been cut or pressed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utility Clamp
A utility clamp is a laboratory apparatus resembling a pair of scissors. The screw in the middle works as the wide adjustment of 2-prong. It is composed of 3 parts: 2-prong adjust, metal rod, and clamp down (the clamp is attached to the ring stand for adjusting the height). This apparatus is connected to a ring stand or retort stand. It is used to hold round laboratory glassware, such as beakers, and flasks, etc. This type of clamp is made from stainless steel Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi .... File:Utility clamp1.jpg, Top view of 2-prong utility clamp File:Utility clamp2.jpg, Side view of 2-prong utility clamp References {{Laboratory equipment Positioning instruments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothes Hanger
A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, or simply a hanger, is a hanging device in the shape/contour of: * Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles, with a lower bar for the hanging of trousers or skirts. * Clamp for the hanging of trousers, skirts, or kilts. Both types can be combined in a single hanger. The clothing hanger was originally designed to allow people quick access to their clothing as well as designate an area, in their home, to keep their clothing in. It was also used to keep clothing dry or without a wrinkle. There are three basic types of clothes hangers. The first is the wire hanger, which has a simple loop of wire, most often steel, in a flattened triangle shape that continues into a hook at the top. The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serration
Serration is a saw-like appearance or a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. A serrated cutting edge has many small points of contact with the material being cut. By having less contact area than a smooth blade or other edge, the applied pressure at each point of contact is greater, and the points of contact are at a sharper angle to the material being cut. This causes a cutting action that involves many small splits in the surface of the material being cut, which cumulatively serve to cut the material along the line of the blade. Serration in nature In nature, serration is commonly seen in the cutting edge on the teeth of some species, usually sharks. However, it also appears on non-cutting surfaces, for example, in botany where a toothed leaf margin or other plant part, such as the edge of a carnation petal, is described as being serrated. A serrated leaf edge may reduce the force of wind and other natural elements. Probably the largest serrations on Earth occur on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Clamp
A step clamp is a type of serrated-edged clamp used in conjunction with step blocks in machining to fix an object in place during milling Milling may refer to: * Milling (minting), forming narrow ridges around the edge of a coin * Milling (grinding), breaking solid materials into smaller pieces by grinding, crushing, or cutting in a mill * Milling (machining), a process of using ro ... operations. They are available from numerous manufacturers such as ''Dinli'', Misumi, etc. References Clamps (tool) {{tool-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set Screw
In American English, a set screw is a screw that is used to secure an object, by pressure and/or friction, within or against another object, such as fixing a pulley or gear to a shaft. A set screw is normally used without a nut (which distinguishes it from a bolt), being screwed instead in a threaded hole drilled in only one of the two objects to be secured. A set screw is often headless and threaded along its entire length, so that it will sit entirely inside that hole; in which case it may be called a grub screw or blind screw. Once fully and firmly screwed into the first object, the projecting tip of the set screw presses hard against the second object, acting like a clamp. The second object may have a machined detent (recess) to ensure that it cannot slide under the tip of the screw. On a shaft, this may be simply a flattened area. A set screw may have any type of drive, such as hex or square head, slot, or recessed --- cross (Phillips), hex (Allen), star (Torx), or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipe Clamp
A pipe clamp is a type of clamp often employed in piping, woodworking, and cabinet shops. Pipe clamps for woodwork or cabinet shops are usually composed of commercially manufactured clamp heads or "jaws" and a length of common threaded pipe. The capacity of the clamp is determined by the length of the pipe used. When referring to piping, pipe clamps are used to connect the pipe to the pipe hanger assembly. Pipe clamps in woodwork In woodwork, a pipe clamp uses clamp heads produced commercially by numerous manufacturers. They are available in various diameter sizes, commonly ½”or ¾”, suited to the same diameter piping. The pipe is usually threaded on both ends. One head is fixed on the pipe by spinning it onto standard pipe threads. This head includes the screw mechanism for tightening the clamp. The other, movable, head slides onto the other end of the pipe. This head has a mechanism, often a series of movable “clutches” which allow it to slide along the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitre Clamp
Mitre clamps or miter clamps clamps are designed to hold mitre joints together. History The earliest mitre clamps are a simple spring in a C-shape with sharpened points that are sprung onto the outside corner of the mitre joint. In a later design, right angled plates are higher than the screws and the holder. The screws go under the frame (work-piece) to be held, and the bit clamps down on the lower-edge of the frame. Recent designs are more complicated; a rigid body holds one fixed and one moveable jaw activated by a cam Cam or CAM may refer to: Science and technology * Cam (mechanism), a mechanical linkage which translates motion * Camshaft, a shaft with a cam * Camera or webcam, a device that records images or video In computing * Computer-aided manufacturin .... An example of newer clamps is Jim Chestnut's Clam Clamp. References Woodworking clamps Woodworking hand tools {{Tool-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
