MECHANICAL TERMINOLOGY
CRANE
NBC Rule X Mechanical Regulation
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ACCIDENTAL CONTACT
Any inadvertent physical
contact with power transmission
AIR CONDITIONING
The process of treating air to
control simultaneously its temp,
hum, etc
BALUSTRADE
The frame on both side of
escalator
BOILER
A close vessel for heating
BUFFER
A device designed to stop a
descending car from beyond its
normal limit of travel
CAGE/ CAB
Enclosure for housing the
operator etc of a crane
CAPACITY OF WORK, PROJECT OR
PLANT
Total horse power
CAR
The load carrying unit of an
elevator
COMPRESSOR
Mech device to increase
pressure upon the refrigerant
CONDENSER
Arrangement of pipes/ tubing in
which vaporized refrigerant is
liquefied by the removal of heat
CONDEMED BOILER OR UNFIRED
PRESSURE VESSEL
Boiler unsafe or disqualified
protected
Machine for lifting or
lowering and moving
horizontal
DUCT
Passageway made of sheet of
metal for conveying air
DUMBWAITER
Hoisting and lowering
mechanism
Area - 3861sq cm
Height - 1.20m
Capacity - 277k
ELEVATOR
A hoisting and lowering
mechanism with a car or
platform which move in guides
in a vertical direction
ELEVATOR LANDING
Portion of a floor, balcony, or
platform for loading or unloading
ELEVATOR WIRE
Steel wire rope attached to the
car
ENCLOSED
The moving parts of a machine
are so guarded that physical
contact by any part of the human
body is precluded or prevented
ESCALATOR
Power driven, inclined,
continuous stairway
EVAPORATION
Liquid refrigerant is vaporized to
produce refrigeration
EXTERNAL INSPECTION
Inspection made on boiler
GUARDED
Shielded, fenced or otherwise Horizontal passenger carrying
device
HOIST
Apparatus for raising or lowering POINT OF OPERATION
a load by the application of a The part of a machine which
building force performs an operation on the
stock
HOIST WAY Location where stock material is
A shaft for the travel of elevator fed to the machine
or dumbwaiters
PORTABLE BOILER
INTERAL INSPECTION Fired boiler which is self-
Inspection when boiler is contained
shutdown Intended for temporary location
LIQUID RECEIVER POWER TRANSMISSION MACHINERY
A vessel permanently connected Any device by which the motion
to system by inlet and outlet of an engine is transmitted to or
pipes for storage of a liquid received by another machine
refrigerant
PRIME MOVER
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER Main function is to drive or
Boiler mounted on a self- operate either directly or
propelled track indirectly, other mechanical
equipment
LOW PRESSURE HEATING BOILER
Pressure 1.05kgs/sqm PROCESS MACHINE
Temp 250 F Equipment designed and
operated for a specific purpose
MACHINE
The driven unit of equipment REFRIGERANT
Absorption of heat while
MACHINE HOUSE expanding or evaporating
Enclosure for housing the
hoisting mechanism and power TON OF REFRIGERATION
plant 12,000 BTU/hr
200 BTU/min
MACHINE PARTS
Any or all the moving parts of a TRAVELLING CABLE
machine A cable made up of electric
conductor s which provides
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT electrical connection between
MECHANICAL MACHINERY the elevator car and a fixed
MECHANICAL PROCESS outlet in the hoistway
MECHANICAL WORKS
MECHANICAL PLANT UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL
All that has a mech functions Pressure is obtained from
external source or from an
MOVING WALK indirect application of heat
VENTILATION
Supplying or removing air by
natural or mechanical means