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6 unusual facts about Hydraulic machinery


HMS Queen Mary

Queen Mary mounted eight BL 13.5-inch Mk V guns in four twin hydraulically powered turrets, designated 'A', 'B', 'Q' and 'X' from bow to stern.

Hydraulic machinery

Flare fittings, are metal to metal compression seals deformed with a cone nut and pressed into a flare mating.

Harry Franklin Vickers was called the "Father of Industrial Hydraulics" by ASME.

Pipe fittings, the fitting is screwed in until tight, difficult to orient an angled fitting correctly without over or under tightening.

Loire-Nieuport 161

It had a conventional tailwheel undercarriage with its mainwheels mounted on single legs and retracting inwards into the wing and fuselage underside, hydraulically driven via a pair of outboard struts.

Poclain

Poclain produced excavators, and was leader on the French and world market thanks to a revolutionary hydraulic motor.



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