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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    Bobbygloss wrote:
    Is it related to beekeeping? Hive maintenance, honey collecting?

    I think this is as close as we need to get.

    It's a 'hive tool'. The bees like to glue everything together inside the hive with a stuff call propolis. This makes the frames very difficult to get out. So you hook that curved end under a frame and use the tool as a lever to lift it out.

    Like this

    MaintA6.jpg
    The hand moves right to left, and the frame pops up. Anything which passes over the top of the hive makes the bees umpty, so I have one in each hand to keep the disturbance to a minimum

    Your go Bobbygloss


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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    Ok. We'll go from a low-tech piece of metal to a high-tech piece of metal.
    For size, it's sitting by a sheet of A4 paper.
    IMAG1445_zpsclowzeh1.jpg
  • Pituophis
    Pituophis Posts: 1,025
    Does the red end vibrate, and not in a sexual innuendo type of way?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    It's a light sabre,

    it's set to the Empire version of "F - OFF" instead of stun or kill.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    No vibration, not related to Star Wars.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    Are the two plastic caps covering an inlet and outlet port for fluid? Possibly for hydraulic use?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Are the two plastic caps covering an inlet and outlet port for fluid? Possibly for hydraulic use?
    Yes and yes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    ..and the rubber on the left covers a part of the ram, which moves?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    pinarello001 wrote:
    ..and the rubber on the left covers a part of the ram, which moves?
    No, the black bit is solid rubber on this one.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    Does it rotate or ram?
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  • Silly Old Hector
    Silly Old Hector Posts: 573
    Bobbygloss wrote:
    Ok. We'll go from a low-tech piece of metal to a high-tech piece of metal.
    For size, it's sitting by a sheet of A4 paper.
    IMAG1445_zpsclowzeh1.jpg

    Some form of flow sampling or measurement sensor ?
    All the gear, but no idea...
  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Does it rotate or ram?
    Neither.
    Silly Old Hector wrote:
    Some form of flow sampling or measurement sensor ?
    No.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Is it some sort of injector?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    DesWeller wrote:
    Is it some sort of injector?
    Kind of.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Is the red bit solid or hollow?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    is it some sort of compressor?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    DesWeller wrote:
    Is the red bit solid or hollow?
    Solid.
    pinarello001 wrote:
    is it some sort of compressor?
    No.
  • manglier
    manglier Posts: 1,275
    Fluidic switch?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    Hydraulic marble crusher?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    The increasing diameter of the shaft with an O ring at each step suggest that it is a pressure regulator of some description. Or that they act as a valve, based on position, for changing fluid volumes?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Hydraulically operated mixing valve?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    DesWeller wrote:
    Hydraulically operated mixing valve?
    It works with hydraulics but not by them, if that makes sense?
    Never heard of a fluidic switch, but I don't think it's that.
    The changing diameter separates the 2 operating sections.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Is the orange/red part insulated?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Is the orange/red part insulated?
    No, just painted. The colour is to help it be seen.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Bobbygloss wrote:
    Ok. We'll go from a low-tech piece of metal to a high-tech piece of metal.
    For size, it's sitting by a sheet of A4 paper.
    IMAG1445_zpsclowzeh1.jpg
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Is the orange/red part insulated?
    No, just painted. The colour is to help it be seen.

    So if visibility is important, is it part of an outdoor piece of plant rather than in a factory? IS the red bit a handle for removing it for servicing?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,308
    Is the red handle actually some sort of device for adjustment?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    DesWeller wrote:
    So if visibility is important, is it part of an outdoor piece of plant rather than in a factory? IS the red bit a handle for removing it for servicing?
    Yes, used outdoors in a low-visibility environment. And the red bit is a handle for picking it up, using it, and putting it down. It doesn't adjust anything.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Is it used in oil exploration / extraction?

    I think it's a High Flow Stabber. The high vis handle is for visibility under water, right?
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  • bobbygloss
    bobbygloss Posts: 317
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Is it used in oil exploration / extraction?

    I think it's a High Flow Stabber. The high vis handle is for visibility under water, right?
    Correct, although this one is not high-flow, but for precommisioning operations. We call them hot stabs, basically a subsea hydraulic connector. The red fishtail handle is for the ROV to grab and insert the tapered end into a receptacle on a valve, then the hydraulics can operate the valve.
    Over to you.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Bobbygloss wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Is it used in oil exploration / extraction?

    I think it's a High Flow Stabber. The high vis handle is for visibility under water, right?
    Correct, although this one is not high-flow, but for precommisioning operations. We call them hot stabs, basically a subsea hydraulic connector. The red fishtail handle is for the ROV to grab and insert the tapered end into a receptacle on a valve, then the hydraulics can operate the valve.
    Over to you.

    Yusss! Give me an hour.
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