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  • Thumbnail for Cycloid gear
    to polish, and thereby reduce friction), and having fewer points of contact (both reducing friction and wear). Their gear tooth profile is based on the...
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    mostly to shear friction (with a small amount of heat conduction through the bellhousing from the engine block). Fully synthetic gear oils are also used...
    7 KB (1,064 words) - 13:04, 21 September 2023
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    Rack and pinion (redirect from Rack gear)
    increased torque and speed per fraction of gear ratio which allows lower operating temperature and lessens viscal friction and energy use. The maximum force that...
    8 KB (1,066 words) - 17:17, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friction drive
    A friction drive or friction engine is a type of transmission that utilises two wheels in the transmission to transfer power from the engine to the driving...
    6 KB (781 words) - 16:03, 15 February 2024
  • Idler-wheel (redirect from Idler gear)
    crankshaft-to-camshaft gear train of an automobile. Because it does no work itself, it is called an "idler". An idler-wheel may be used as part of a friction drive mechanism...
    11 KB (1,838 words) - 11:10, 3 April 2024
  • The Metal Gear franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa. Its setting features several soldiers...
    235 KB (32,954 words) - 19:54, 2 June 2024
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    Clutch (redirect from Friction plate clutch)
    disengaged). A dry clutch uses dry friction to transfer power from the input shaft to the output shaft, for example a friction disk pressing on a car engine's...
    16 KB (2,235 words) - 13:02, 10 April 2024
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    Worm drive (redirect from Worm gear)
    a gear arrangement in which a worm (which is a gear in the form of a screw) meshes with a worm wheel (which is similar in appearance to a spur gear)....
    15 KB (1,851 words) - 16:18, 6 May 2024
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    thrust than a comparable spur gear. A second disadvantage of helical gears is also a greater degree of sliding friction between the meshing teeth, often...
    75 KB (10,138 words) - 04:21, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friction motor
    A friction motor is a simple mechanism to propel toy cars, trucks, trains, action figures and similar toys. The motor consists of a large flywheel which...
    2 KB (227 words) - 14:25, 19 September 2022
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    of the gears allows leakage and back flow. However sometimes higher clearances help reduce hydrodynamic friction and improve efficiency. Gear backlash:...
    6 KB (691 words) - 07:37, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Epicyclic gearing
    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")...
    36 KB (5,300 words) - 20:16, 29 March 2024
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    combination of internal clutches, friction bands or brake packs. These devices are used to lock certain gears, thus setting which gear ratio is in use at a given...
    44 KB (5,044 words) - 06:37, 6 June 2024
  • leverage is widely used; see a (rotary) 2nd-class lever; see gears, pulleys or friction drive, used in a mechanical power transmission scheme. It is common...
    20 KB (2,954 words) - 22:29, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transmission (mechanical device)
    uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed or direction of rotation in a machine. Many transmissions have multiple gear ratios...
    13 KB (1,148 words) - 19:27, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arresting gear
    An arresting gear, or arrestor gear, is a mechanical system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands. Arresting gear on aircraft carriers is...
    22 KB (2,894 words) - 22:32, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timing belt (camshaft)
    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...
    17 KB (1,861 words) - 17:13, 27 May 2024
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    the high sliding friction by the helical gear cut of the teeth (this cut eliminates the characteristic whine of straight-cut spur gears). On motorcycles...
    47 KB (6,303 words) - 16:56, 23 May 2024
  • of friction Good manufacturability There are multiple ways in which gear blanks can be shaped through the cutting and finishing processes. In gear form...
    4 KB (464 words) - 09:19, 26 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Gear bearing
    of bearing gears is aimed at maximum rolling with minimum sliding friction of conjugated profiles in movement. End rollers limit the gears radial shift...
    4 KB (563 words) - 11:19, 5 January 2024
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