automatic wagon control
automatic wagon control
[¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik ′wag·ən kən‚trōl] (mining engineering)
A mechanism to keep the speed of wagons within certain designed limits; may consist of small hydraulic units fixed at intervals along the inside of the track.
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