- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A form of welding in which a fuel gas, such as acetylene or hydrogen, is mixed with oxygen in the mixing chamber of a torch. When these gases are burned, they produce the large amount of heat needed to melt the metal so it can be welded.
Industry:Aviation
A form of welding in which the surfaces to be joined are melted and pressed together. The edge of one surface diffuses into the edge of the other.
Industry:Aviation
A form of wind-speed indicator in which the wind whose speed being measured passes over a wire heated by an electrical current. The amount of heat the moving air removes from the wire is proportional to the wind speed.
Industry:Aviation
A form of wire nail made of smaller gage wire than that used for a common nail of the same length.
Industry:Aviation
A form of wood saw having short, sharp, knife-like teeth. A crosscut saw is used to cut wood across its grain.
Industry:Aviation
A four-arm electrical bridge circuit used to measure resistance. An unknown resistance is placed in one arm of the bridge and is compared with a variable, or known, resistance in an opposite arm.
When the variable resistor is adjusted until no current flows through the indicator, the bridge is balanced and the unknown resistance is exactly the same as that of the variable resistor.
Industry:Aviation
A four-jaw chuck used to hold a piece of material in a lathe. The jaws of a combination chuck can be moved in or out as a unit, or each of the jaws can be moved separately.
Industry:Aviation
A fraction written in the form of one number above another. The number on the bottom is the denominator, indicating the number of parts into which the whole is divided, and the top number is the numerator, indicating the number of parts being considered.
Industry:Aviation
A frame that gives an aircraft fuselage or engine nacelle its shape. A circumferential frame is also called a belt frame, or a transverse frame.
Industry:Aviation
A frame that goes around the inside of the fuselage of an aircraft. Belt frames are normally made in the form of a channel or hat section.
Industry:Aviation
