Airlock (disambiguation)

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An airlock is a chamber with two air-pressure-tight doors for moving between areas of different air pressure.

Airlock or air lock may also refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torpedo tube</span> Device for launching torpedoes

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Airlock</span> Compartment for transfer between environments with different atmospheres

An airlock is a room or compartment which permits passage between environments of differing atmospheric pressure or composition, while minimizing the changing of pressure or composition between the differing environments. "Airlock" is sometimes written as air-lock or air lock, or abbreviated to just lock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diving bell</span> Chamber for transporting divers vertically through the water

A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work. The most common types are the open-bottomed wet bell and the closed bell, which can maintain an internal pressure greater than the external ambient. Diving bells are usually suspended by a cable, and lifted and lowered by a winch from a surface support platform. Unlike a submersible, the diving bell is not designed to move under the control of its occupants, or to operate independently of its launch and recovery system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Extravehicular Mobility Unit</span> Series of semi-rigid two-piece space suit models from the United States

The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit. Introduced in 1981, it is a two-piece semi-rigid suit, and is currently one of two types of EVA spacesuits used by crew members on the International Space Station (ISS), the other being the Russian Orlan space suit. It was used by NASA's Space Shuttle astronauts prior to the end of the Shuttle program in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Air lock</span> Air (gas) causing obstruction of liquid flow in a pipe

An air lock is a restriction of, or complete stoppage of liquid flow caused by vapour trapped in a high point of a liquid-filled pipe system. The gas, being less dense than the liquid, rises to any high points. This phenomenon is known as vapor lock, or air lock.

<i>Quest</i> Joint Airlock Primary airlock for the International Space Station

The Quest Joint Airlock, previously known as the Joint Airlock Module, is the primary airlock for the International Space Station. Quest was designed to host spacewalks with both Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits and Orlan space suits. The airlock was launched on STS-104 on July 14, 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fermentation lock</span> Device used in beer brewing and wine making

A fermentation lock or fermentation airlock is a device used in beer brewing and wine making that allows carbon dioxide released during fermentation to escape the fermenter, while not allowing air to enter the fermenter, thus avoiding oxidation.

Ultra-high vacuum is the vacuum regime characterised by pressures lower than about 1×10−6 pascals. UHV conditions are created by pumping the gas out of a UHV chamber. At these low pressures the mean free path of a gas molecule is greater than approximately 40 km, so the gas is in free molecular flow, and gas molecules will collide with the chamber walls many times before colliding with each other. Almost all molecular interactions therefore take place on various surfaces in the chamber.

A quest is a journey toward a goal.

Controller may refer to:

A paddle is an implement for mixing or pushing against liquids, typically in order to propel a boat.
Paddling is the act of propelling watercraft using paddles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rotary feeder</span>

Rotary feeders, also known as rotary airlocks or rotary valves, are commonly used in industrial and agricultural applications as a component in a bulk or specialty material handling system. Rotary feeders are primarily used for discharge of bulk solid material from hoppers/bins, receivers, and cyclones into a pressure or vacuum-driven pneumatic conveying system. Components of a rotary feeder include a rotor shaft, housing, head plates, and packing seals and bearings. Rotors have large vanes cast or welded on and are typically driven by small internal combustion engines or electric motors.

Unlock, unlocking and unlockable may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nanoracks Bishop Airlock</span> Component of the International Space Station

The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock is a commercially-funded airlock module launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-21 on 6 December 2020. It was berthed to the Tranquility module on 19 December 2020 by the Canadarm2. The module was built by Nanoracks, Thales Alenia Space, and Boeing. It is used to deploy CubeSats, small satellites, and other external payloads for NASA, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), and other commercial and governmental customers. NASA plans on using the airlock as a brand new way to dispose large pieces of trash. The name refers to the bishop chess piece, which moves diagonally.

Locked Out may refer to: