MECHANICAL TERMINOLOGY

NBC Rule X Mechanical Regulation

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ACCIDENTAL CONTACT
Any inadvertent physical
contact with power transmission
AIR CONDITIONING
The process of treating air to
control simultaneously its temp,
hum, etc
BALUSTRADE
The frame on both side of
escalator
BOILER
A close vessel for heating

Shielded, fenced or otherwise

protected

CRANE
Machine for lifting or
lowering and moving
horizontal
DUCT
Passageway made of sheet of
metal for conveying air
DUMBWAITER
Hoisting and lowering
mechanism
Area
- 3861sq cm
Height
- 1.20m
Capacity - 277k
ELEVATOR
A hoisting and lowering
mechanism with a car or
platform which move in guides
in a vertical direction

BUFFER
A device designed to stop a
descending car from beyond its
normal limit of travel

ELEVATOR LANDING
Portion of a floor, balcony, or
platform for loading or unloading

CAGE/ CAB
Enclosure for housing the
operator etc of a crane

ELEVATOR WIRE
Steel wire rope attached to the
car

CAPACITY OF WORK, PROJECT OR

PLANT
Total horse power

ENCLOSED
The moving parts of a machine
are so guarded that physical
contact by any part of the human
body is precluded or prevented

CAR
The load carrying unit of an
elevator
COMPRESSOR
Mech device to increase
pressure upon the refrigerant
CONDENSER
Arrangement of pipes/ tubing in
which vaporized refrigerant is
liquefied by the removal of heat
CONDEMED BOILER OR UNFIRED
PRESSURE VESSEL
Boiler unsafe or disqualified

ESCALATOR
Power driven, inclined,
continuous stairway
EVAPORATION
Liquid refrigerant is vaporized to
produce refrigeration
EXTERNAL INSPECTION
Inspection made on boiler
GUARDED

Horizontal passenger carrying

device

HOIST
Apparatus for raising or lowering
a load by the application of a
building force
HOIST WAY
A shaft for the travel of elevator
or dumbwaiters
INTERAL INSPECTION
Inspection when boiler is
shutdown
LIQUID RECEIVER
A vessel permanently connected
to system by inlet and outlet
pipes for storage of a liquid
refrigerant
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER
Boiler mounted on a selfpropelled track
LOW PRESSURE HEATING BOILER
Pressure 1.05kgs/sqm
Temp
250 F
MACHINE
The driven unit of equipment
MACHINE HOUSE
Enclosure for housing the
hoisting mechanism and power
plant
MACHINE PARTS
Any or all the moving parts of a
machine
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
MECHANICAL MACHINERY
MECHANICAL PROCESS
MECHANICAL WORKS
MECHANICAL PLANT
All that has a mech functions
MOVING WALK

POINT OF OPERATION
The part of a machine which
performs an operation on the
stock
Location where stock material is
fed to the machine
PORTABLE BOILER
Fired boiler which is selfcontained
Intended for temporary location
POWER TRANSMISSION MACHINERY
Any device by which the motion
of an engine is transmitted to or
received by another machine
PRIME MOVER
Main function is to drive or
operate either directly or
indirectly, other mechanical
equipment
PROCESS MACHINE
Equipment designed and
operated for a specific purpose
REFRIGERANT
Absorption of heat while
expanding or evaporating
TON OF REFRIGERATION
12,000 BTU/hr
200 BTU/min
TRAVELLING CABLE
A cable made up of electric
conductor s which provides
electrical connection between
the elevator car and a fixed
outlet in the hoistway
UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL
Pressure is obtained from
external source or from an
indirect application of heat

VENTILATION
Supplying or removing air by
natural or mechanical means