Shear immensity.Genesis Attachments, Superior, Wis., has introduced a new addition to its line of XP Series mobile shears that it has dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. "The World's Largest Mobile Shear." Capable of providing more than 3,000 tons of cutting force at 5,000 psi PSI - Portable Scheme Interpreter , the GXP GXP Geospatial Exploitation Products GXP Galaxy Police (anime) GXP Grid Exit Point (utilities, electricity) GxP Good X Practice 2500R is currently at work in a ship-breaking operation on the East Coast, Kevin Bakke, Genesis vice president and co-general manager, says. "This customer came to us asking for a shear that could process materials commonly found in a ship dismantling dis·man·tle tr.v. dis·man·tled, dis·man·tling, dis·man·tles 1. a. To take apart; disassemble; tear down. b. application, including the ability to consistently pierce 1-3/4-inch ship plate," he says. Weighing in at 53,000 pounds, the GXP 2500 fits excavators in the 200,000--plus--pound range. It has a jaw depth of 48 inches and a 46-inch jaw opening. It features a longer cylinder stroke and a lever arm designed to boost power in the throat and piercing tip and to increase shear force shear force Force acting on a substance in a direction perpendicular to the extension of the substance, as for example the pressure of air along the front of an airplane wing. Shear forces often result in shear strain. at the apex where the majority of cutting occurs, Genesis says. |
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