gear train or gear set is a machine element of a mechanical system formed by mounting two or more gears on a frame such that the teeth of the gears engage...
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epicyclic gear train (also known as a planetary gearset) is a gear reduction assembly consisting of two gears mounted so that the center of one gear (the "planet")...
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case, the gear is usually called a cogwheel. A cog may be one of those pegs or the whole gear. Two or more meshing gears are called a gear train. The smaller...
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Differential (mechanical device) (redirect from Differential gear train)
A differential is a gear train with three drive shafts that has the property that the rotational speed of one shaft is the average of the speeds of the...
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Machine (section Gears and gear trains)
gear set. A planetary gear train provides high gear reduction in a compact package. It is possible to design gear teeth for gears that are non-circular...
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Backlash (engineering) (redirect from Backlash (gear))
sequence."p. 1-8 An example, in the context of gears and gear trains, is the amount of clearance between mated gear teeth. It can be seen when the direction...
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horology, a wheel train (or just train) is the gear train of a mechanical watch or clock. Although the term is used for other types of gear trains, the long history...
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Simpson planetary gearset (redirect from Simpson gear)
compound planetary gear train consisting of two planetary gearsets sharing a common sun gear. A Simpson gearset delivers three forward gears and one reverse...
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Mechanical advantage (section Gear trains)
gear, then the gear train reduces the input torque. If the output gear of a gear train rotates more slowly than the input gear, then the gear train is...
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Overhead camshaft engine (section Gear train)
A gear train system between the crankshaft and the camshaft is commonly used in diesel overhead camshaft engines used in heavy trucks. Gear trains are...
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Mechanism (engineering) (section Gears and gear trains)
Mechanisms generally consist of moving components which may include Gears and gear trains; Belts and chain drives; cams and followers; Linkages; Friction...
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Antikythera mechanism (section Known gear scheme)
gear of 360 degrees, corresponding with one tropical year, and are computed solely on the basis of the gear ratios of the gears named. The Moon train...
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Idler-wheel (redirect from Idler gear)
a motor to the platter of a phonograph, or the crankshaft-to-camshaft gear train of an automobile. Because it does no work itself, it is called an "idler"...
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earliest machines were designed to amplify human and animal effort, later gear trains and linkage systems captured wind and flowing water to rotate millstones...
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Virtual work (section Gear train)
coordinate of the gear train, then the speed ratio R of the gear train defines the angular velocity of the output gear in terms of the input gear, that is ω...
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Ravigneaux planetary gearset (category Gears)
Ravigneaux, a simple planetary gear train has two concentric gears, one or more planets bridging the gap between those gears, and one arm carrying the planets...
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anti backlash gear train is used. The anti backlash gears allow the engine to operate with minimal gear rattle. Cummins uses a gear train in the front...
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Drivetrain (redirect from Drive-train)
flexible coupling used to transmit rotational torque Gear train – Mechanical transmission using multiple gears Internal combustion engine – Engine in which the...
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Timing belt (camshaft) (redirect from Timing gear)
a timing belt (also called a cambelt) or timing chain or set of timing gears is a perishable component used to synchronize the rotation of the crankshaft...
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Escapement (redirect from Escapement gear)
gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands. The impulse action transfers...
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Powertrain (redirect from Power train)
Giubo Gear train Hybrid vehicle drivetrain Three-wheeled vehicles Mercedes plans petrol/diesel hybrid McKinsey & Company - A portfolio of power-trains for...
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Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and currently inactive entertainment television programme. It is a revival devised by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy...
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Limited-slip differential (section Geared LSD)
A limited-slip differential (LSD) is a type of differential gear train that allows its two output shafts to rotate at different speeds but limits the maximum...
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wheel to rotate back and forth. Each swing of the wheel releases the gear train to move forward by a small fixed amount, causing the dial to move steadily...
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Mechanical watch (section Wheel train)
mainspring, which stores mechanical energy to power the watch. A gear train, called the wheel train, which has the dual function of transmitting the force of...
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of modern bicycles, which provided similar speed, via a chain-driven gear train, and comfort, from the use of pneumatic tires. They were marketed as "safety...
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input shaft to an appropriate output speed. Reduction drives can be a gear train design or belt driven. Planetary reduction drives are typically attached...
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The Metal Gear franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa. Its setting features several soldiers...
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Administration Gear train, an interconnected series of gears in a machine Wheel train (horology), the gear train of a mechanical watch or clock LNG train, a natural...
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