pancake auger

pancake auger

[′pan‚kāk ¦ȯg·ər]

(design engineering)

An auger having one spiral web, 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 centimeters) in diameter, attached to the bottom end of a slender central shaft; used as removable deadman to which a drill rig or guy line is anchored.

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