end stop

[′end ‚stäp]

(mechanical engineering)

A limit to the movement of a mechanical system or part, usually brought about by valves or shock absorbers.

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A metal end stop prevents compression of the seal, so that edges cannot protrude and allow contaminants or micro-organisms to accumulate.

Climate control in the food industry: Climate control of enclosures using water cooling is highly efficient, especially if there is already a central cold water supply available in the production plant. The new Hygienic Design air/water heat exchangers from Rittal are ideally suited to the food industry, where hygiene standards are exceptionally stringent

These features include the uncoupled workstation, the operating console that can be adjusted longitudinally, the rheological steering system (which enables the steering resistance and number of steering turns to be set), the height-adjustable driver's seat, the load wheel brakes, the adjustable forward reach and pull back damping for the lift mast and the end position damping for the upper end stop.

Linde adds to its reach trucks line

Volvo dealers will inspect the front passenger side seat rails for the presence of an " end stop " and repair the vehicles as necessary.

Volvo recalls 7,420 vehicles from 2009-11 owing to passenger seat problems

Blaenau is the end stop on the popular Ffestiniog narrow gauge railway and has a fantastic slate museum, so it's in a strong position to attract the tourist pound.

It's time to give Blaenau what it needs; DAILY POST YOUR VOICE IN WALES

7 cm from the end stop of the snare loop to reduce injury to moose and act as a breakaway system without reducing the snare's effectiveness for capturing wolves.

Reducing non-target moose capture in wolf snares

But in the most telling passage in this remarkable document, Wickrematunge explained why his death would not in the end stop up the mouths of other journalists and how though he died, the uncomfortable truths the Sri Lankan government did not want published, would not also die with him.

'And then they came for me'

Safety features include a safety cable and end stop, trolley wheels and a redundant safety provision with a 5:1 safety factor.

Overhead rails carry up to 2,000 pounds

It also relates to the surviving small Worlitzer Bahnhof, becoming an information centre, which provides an end stop for the new complex, but originally marked the division between industrial town and countryside beyond, in particular the Worlitz Garden, created in the English eighteenth-century style.

Pure and simple: Sauerbruch Hutton's headquarters building, for Germany's Federal Environment Agency, is a model of integration

The sort of bloke who, if he'd been on the Titanic, would have sent back a telegram: 'Pleasant journey by and large stop little bumpy towards the end stop got a bit damp stop band were wonderful though stop

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In the Avonbridge case, four people died because there was no end stop on the gantry rail.

Grieving women make plea for better safety laws

This results in the elimination of backlash at the ends of rotation, since one of the racks contacts the end stop while the other engages the pinion during periods when air pressure is applied.

Dual rack and pinion rotary drive

When used with Stapla's K1 welder, the controller will compensate for variation in the workpiece by means of a motor-driven end stop to maintain a set welding depth.