Mechanical Definitions |
Robotics |
Rock Channeler : It is a machine which is used in quarrying
to cut an artificial seam in a mass of stone. |
Roller Bearing : It is a shaft bearing which is characterized
by parallel or tapered steel rollers which are confined between
outer and inner rings. |
Roller Cam Follower : It is a follower which consists
of a rotatable wheel at the end of the shaft. |
Rope Drive : It is a system of ropes which is running
in grooved pulleys or sheaves used to transmit power over distances
too great for belt drives. |
Rotary : It is a machine in which power is supplied directly
to vanes or other rotary parts. For example a turbine. |
Rotary Belt Cleaner : It is a series of blades which
are symmetrically spaced about the axis of rotation and caused
to scrape or beat against the conveyor belt for cleaning. |
Rotary Crane : It is a crane consists of a boom which
is pivoted to a fixed or movable structure. |
Rotary Drill : It is a drill machine that rotates a rigid,
tubular string of rods with a rock cutting bit, an oil well
drilling apparatus for example. |
Rotary Table : It is a milling machine attachment which
consists of a round table with T-shaped slots and rotated through
a handwheel actuating a worm and worm gear. |
Run-off Pit : It is a Catchment area to which spillage
from classifiers, thickeners and slurry pump can gravitate when
it becomes necessary to dump their content. |
Run-of Mill : It is an ore which is accepted for treatment,
after waste and dense media rejection. It is also termed as
Mill-head Ore. |
Rupture Disk Device : It is a nonreclosing pressure relief
device which is used to relieve the inlet static pressure in
a system by the bursting of a disk. |
Rust : It is a general term for a series of iron oxides
which are usually red oxides formed by the reaction of iron
with oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture. |
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