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    The rotary machine switching system, or most commonly known as the rotary system, was a type of automatic telephone exchange manufactured and used primarily...
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  • A rotary steerable system (RSS) is a form of drilling technology used in directional drilling. It employs the use of specialized downhole equipment to...
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  • Look up rotary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotary may refer to: Rotary motion Rotary dial, a rotating telephone dial Rotary engine (disambiguation)...
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    A rotary switch is a switch operated by rotation. These are often chosen when more than 2 positions are needed, such as a three-speed fan or a CB radio...
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    (/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven...
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    A rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing...
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    coupling, pneumatic rotary union, through bore rotary union, air rotary union, electrical rotary union, or vacuum rotary union A rotary union will lock onto...
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    The stator is the stationary part of a rotary system, found in electric generators, electric motors, sirens, mud motors, or biological rotors (such as...
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    The rotary engine is an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration. The...
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    cooking for the preparation of distillates and extracts. A simple rotary evaporator system was invented by Lyman C. Craig. It was first commercialized by...
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    A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter. Rotary converters were used to...
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  • A rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors...
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    lines to the panel switch in the 1920s, crossbar systems, the later version (7A2) of the rotary system, and the earlier 1970s stored program control exchanges...
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    The Mazda Wankel engines are a family of Wankel rotary combustion car engines produced by Mazda. Wankel engines were invented in 1950s by Felix Wankel...
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    A rotary valve (also called rotary-motion valve) is a type of valve in which the rotation of a passage or passages in a transverse plug regulates the flow...
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    A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction...
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    and distance. Rotary encoders are used in a wide range of applications that require monitoring or control, or both, of mechanical systems, including industrial...
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  • keys were replaced by a rotary dial. From 1912, the British General Post Office, which also operated the British telephone system, installed several automatic...
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    A rotary cannon, rotary autocannon, rotary gun or Gatling cannon, is any large-caliber multiple-barreled automatic firearm that uses a Gatling-type rotating...
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    Autocannon (category Close-in weapon systems)
    of the British RARDEN, to 2,500 rounds per minute with the GIAT 30. Rotary systems with multiple barrels can achieve over 10,000 rounds per minute (the...
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    A rotary hammer, also called rotary hammer drill is a power tool that can perform heavy-duty tasks such as drilling and chiseling hard materials. It is...
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    Rotary Rocket Company was a rocketry company that developed the Roton concept in the late 1990s as a fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) crewed...
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    battlefield and that the service would instead direct the bulk of its rotary systems funds to renovating its existing attack, utility, and reconnaissance...
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    applications as a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system. Rotary feeders are primarily used for discharge of bulk solid material from...
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  • Actuator (section Rotary)
    motors and rotary motors, respectively. Rotary motion is more natural for small machines making large displacements. By means of a leadscrew, rotary motion...
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    A rotary actuator is an actuator that produces a rotary motion or torque. The simplest actuator is purely mechanical, where linear motion in one direction...
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  • Internal rotary inspection system (IRIS) is an ultrasonic method for the nondestructive testing of pipes and tubes. The IRIS probe is inserted into a tube...
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    rotary phase converter, abbreviated RPC, is an electrical machine that converts power from one polyphase system to another, converting through rotary...
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    Rotorcraft (redirect from Rotary-wing)
    A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings or rotor blades, which generate lift by rotating around a vertical...
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    A rotary snowplow (American English) or rotary snowplough is a piece of railroad snow removal equipment with a large circular set of blades on its front...
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