A form of wear in which seizing or tearing of the gear or bearing surface occurs.

The oily condensate discharged by lubricated air compressors. The name is derived from the appearance of the condensate. Under normal conditions oily condensate should just be cloudy, like a small amount of milk in a bucket of water. When a lubricated com ...

A compressor designed to compress air or gas without contaminating the flow with lubricating oil. Piston rings and packing are usually made of TFE-based materials or carbon or other synthetic material that operate without lubrication.

A light line used for hauling over a heavier rope or cable.

The art and science of designing vessels.

Get gear in condition for use; to separate the blocks of a tackle to lengthen the fall (ready for use again).

A fluid (as hydrogen or air) that tends to expand indefinitely. Is one of three basic phases of matter.

a wind coming from the northeast

To transfer containers from one ship to another when both vessels are controlled by the same network (carrier) manager.

An angle or channel from deck beam to shell frame taking the place of a bracket.

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

Man or boy employed in sailing deep-water craft. Word is sometimes loosely used to include men who go to sea. Used officially to denote a seaman serving on deck.

A device consisting of a heat transfer system, a moisture elimination system and a refrigeration system designed to improve the quality of the air and reduce the temperature of the air.

Is the ratio of weight of vapor existing in a given space to the weight that would be present if the space were saturated at the space temperature.

A stopper used to prevent water from entering the hawse hole in heavy weather.

A device for mounting cylinders.

Caught in the ice.

The physical or mechanical process of separating insoluble particulate matter from a fluid, such as air or liquid, by passing the fluid through a filter medium that will not allow the particulate to pass through it.

A portion of the discharge gas is redirected through a heat exchanger and then expanded back to suction pressure, where it is mixed with normal suction gas stream and commonly used to compensate for process flow demands.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...