Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A main shaft:
- noun A long shaft, in a factory or shop, which furnishes power to the countershafts for the various machines. It may be driven directly by the engine, by a belt from the engine, or by a motor.
- noun In marine engineering, the part of the propeller-shaft which reaches from the thrust-shaft to the tail-shaft.
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Examples
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Moving Water Industries is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of extended line-shaft axial and mixed flow propeller pumps, submersible electric pumps and its patented Hydraflo Pump which can save up to 50% of the cost of installing a pump station.
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Moving Water Industries is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of extended line-shaft axial and mixed flow propeller pumps, submersible electric pumps and its patented Hydraflo Pump which can save up to 50% of the cost of installing a pump station.
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