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    A grease fitting, grease nipple, Zerk fitting, grease zerk, Alemite fitting, or divit is a metal fitting used in mechanical systems to feed lubricants...
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    to a specific point, usually from a grease cartridge to a grease fitting or 'nipple'. The channels behind the grease nipple lead to where the lubrication...
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    built into them. If the idler arm is fitted with grease fittings, these should be lubricated with a grease gun at each oil change. "What is an idler arm...
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  • Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical romantic comedy film, and a standalone sequel to the 1978 film Grease, adapted from the 1971 musical of the same name...
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    use only a special grease or nothing at all (if the mating surfaces are sufficiently precisely formed). Although flange fittings are bulky, they perform...
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    A compression fitting is a fitting used in plumbing and electrical conduit systems to join two tubes or thin-walled pipes together. In instances where...
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    A grease trap (also known as a grease interceptor, grease recovery device, grease capsule, or grease converter) is a plumbing device (a type of trap) designed...
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    them effectively. Nonsealed bearings often have a grease fitting, for periodic lubrication with a grease gun, or an oil cup for periodic filling with oil...
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  • refrigerators, among other products, and produced the ubiquitous "zerk" grease fitting, named after its inventor, associated with the company. In the last...
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    "surface check" grease fitting that would help to prevent dirt from entering through a fitting. Lincoln had developed many advances in fittings including the...
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    they are "lubed for life". Formerly most ball joints had grease fitting (sometimes called a grease zerk) and were designed for periodic addition of a lubricant...
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  • ways, even vertically. The oil is applied to the ways with either grease fittings, or is sometimes continuously pumped through ducts machined into the...
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  • brake system analyzers, tire inflation systems, and tools to unclog grease fittings. IPA won the PTEN Innovation Award in 2011 and 2012, for their automotive...
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    and the other would have an outer (or female) joint of a correspondingly fitting taper with the ground glass surface facing inward. To connect the hollow...
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    lower-than-recommended viscosity is used. Lubrication can be done with a grease, which has advantages that grease is normally held within the bearing releasing the lubricant...
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    service ell) is a type of plumbing or piping fitting intended to join a piece of pipe and another fitting at an angle. The difference between a street...
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  • (plumbing), a type of pipe fitting Spoke nipple, which binds each spoke to a bicycle wheel rim Grease nipple, used to put grease into a gearbox or moving...
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  • parts that remain invariant in practice despite theoretical variability. "Greasing" an extension point, where some implementations indicate support for non-existent...
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    gasket or O-ring fittings. Plastic pipes used in manufacturing. Plastic pipe fittings include PVC pipe fittings, PP / PPH pipe fitting mould, PE pipe and...
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  • These tools are effective at removing soft obstructions like hair and grease that accumulate near the drain inlet. However, excessive use of chemical...
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    matches may be won by achieving an effective hold of the kisbet, the loose-fitting leather pants worn during oil wrestling. Thus, the wrestler aims to control...
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    as the use of welding to fasten bipod legs to the clevis joint and grease fittings dissimilar to those used by the US model. The collimator sight for...
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    which were swapped partway through the trip, primarily because some grease fittings on the train could not withstand the entire journey at high speed....
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    several types of wrench that are designed to turn threaded pipe and pipe fittings for assembly (tightening) or disassembly (loosening). The Stillson wrench...
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    themselves with silicone grease. The cable and satellite television entities (as a near standard practice) use compression fittings with F connectors on customer...
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    barb, and quick-connect fittings. In the 1980s, the use of quick-connector systems became increasingly popular. These are fittings that attach to the hose...
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    and other risks normal to the construction industry. Piping and plumbing fitting "Steamfitter/Pipefitter: School of Trades and Technology". Thompson Rivers...
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  • Vacuum flange (redirect from Vacuum fitting)
    engineering Vacuum grease "KF (QF) Flanges Technical Notes". Kurt J. Lesker Company. Retrieved 2007-09-02. "ISO KF Flanges and Fittings" (PDF). Archived...
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    high-pressure oxygen, the grade of tape must also be known to be free from grease. Thread seal tape used in plumbing applications is most commonly white,...
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    is usually packed with string which has been soaked in tallow or similar grease. The gland nut allows the packing material to be compressed to form a watertight...
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