• Rotating unbalance is the uneven distribution of mass around an axis of rotation. A rotating mass, or rotor, is said to be out of balance when its center...
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  • imbalance. A rotating imbalance is caused by uneven mass distributions on rotating assemblies Types of rotating phase imbalance are: Unbalanced eccentric...
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  • of clip-on lead (or currently zinc) 'wheel weights'. When an unbalanced system is rotating, periodic linear and/or torsional forces are generated which...
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  • missing magnetic wedges Unbalanced Magnetic Pull (UMP) describes the electromagnetic equivalence of mechanical rotating unbalance: if electromagnetic forces...
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    source, where a geared ring and a rotating unbalance mass segment made of tungsten encircles the entire mechanism, rotating on carbon rollers whenever the...
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    Tire balance, also called tire unbalance or tire imbalance, describes the distribution of mass within an automobile tire or the entire wheel (including...
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    engines on U.S. aircraft : none of the four incidents of rotor disk (rotating) unbalance and subsequent failure resulted in an accident, but parts of the...
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    power source. A geared ring and a rotating unbalance mass segment made of tungsten encircles the entire mechanism, rotating on carbon rollers whenever the...
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    vibration peak gives the angle at which the unbalance exists. Amount of unbalance and angle of unbalance give an unbalance vector. Calibration is performed by...
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    reference rotating with angular velocity ω is: F = m ω 2 r {\displaystyle F=m\omega ^{2}r} This fictitious force is often applied to rotating devices,...
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    modifies the sound by rotating a baffle chamber ("drum") in front of the loudspeakers. A similar effect is provided by a rotating system of horns in front...
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    the rotating frame). With these two forces balanced, in the rotating frame the only unbalanced force is Coriolis (also present only in the rotating frame)...
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    reduce vibration by cancelling out unbalanced dynamic forces. The counter balance shafts have eccentric weights and rotate in opposite direction to each other...
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  • impending aerodynamic stall. Eccentric rotating mass (ERM) vibrators work by rotating a deliberately unbalanced weight, so the weight is eccentric. Linear...
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  • critical speed. All rotating shafts, even in the absence of external load, will deflect during rotation. The unbalanced mass of the rotating object causes deflection...
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    the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Blade containment and rotor unbalance tests. Equivalent test requirements are provided in the Certification...
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    rotating equipment, such as pumps, mixers, blowers, and compressors. When a pump operates, the liquid could leak out of the pump between the rotating...
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  • the main aspects of rotating machinery which must be studied in detail and considered while designing. All objects including rotating machinery exhibit...
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  • accelerating, due to the unbalanced force, which causes it to move in a circle. (See also banked turn.) From the viewpoint of a rotating frame, moving with...
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    child rotating into its parent's location is a right rotation) while others say that the direction of rotation reflects which subtree is rotating (a left...
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    The vibration is provided by an electric motor in the handle that rotates an unbalanced flywheel mounted either within the vibrating ball connected to the...
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    to have a four-wire secondary and a three-wire primary, while allowing unbalanced loads and the associated secondary-side neutral currents. Wiring for three...
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    Coupling (category Rotating shaft couplings)
    transmitting power. The primary purpose of couplings is to join two pieces of rotating equipment while permitting some degree of misalignment or end movement...
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    larger magazine with heavier ammunition of a full-powered rifle tended to unbalance the weapon. In addition controllable bursts were difficult. This made...
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    comprises a rotating power-driven hub, to which are attached several radial airfoil-section blades such that the whole assembly rotates about a longitudinal...
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    fast corners as the "dirty" (turbulent) air that comes off the lead car unbalances the trailing car as its aerodynamic devices provide less grip. On the...
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    energy to a motor already rotating, but without auxiliary mechanisms the motor will not accelerate from a stop. A rotating magnetic field of steady amplitude...
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  • engineering, the method of symmetrical components simplifies analysis of unbalanced three-phase power systems under both normal and abnormal conditions. The...
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  • exhaust gas and an unbalanced force. This force, called thrust, is the sum of the momentum difference between entry and exit and any unbalanced pressure force...
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    from rotating with the lead screw (typically the nut interlocks with a non-rotating part of the actuator body). When the lead screw is rotated, the nut...
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