Forces Acting on Plane and Curved Submerged Surfaces
On any surface or body that is submerged in water or any other liquid, there is a force acting because of the hydrostatic pressure. Learn how to …
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Machine and Mechanism Design
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Design Guide for Overhead Cranes
This article is about Overhead cranes. The article describes the basic principles of operation of the Overhead cranes and the design selection …
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Mechanical Seal Types: Cartridge, Balanced, Unbalanced, Conventional, Pusher, Non Pusher
This article describe various types of mechanical seals like pusher, unbalanced, conventional, non-pusher, balanced, and cartridge types. It also …
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What is Mechanical Seal for the Centrifugal Pump? Vs. Packing
The most effective method of preventing the leakage of the fluid from the centrifugal pump to the external surroundings is using the mechanical seals. …
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Continously Variable Transmission - How does a CVT Work?
This article is about pulley-based continuously variable transmission (CVT). Learn what a CVT gearbox is and how a pulley based CVT works.
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What are Gear Trains? Variable Gear Train
This article will discuss different gear trains. After finishing the article you will know what gear trains are and what a variable gear train is.
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Torque Calculations for the Gearbox: Strain Gauge & Calculation Method for Gearbox Input and Output Shaft
This article will discuss how to measure the torque requirement of gear box. We will discuss two methods for finding out the torque at the input and …
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Self Locking Worm Gear – Operation, Applications, and Advantages of Self-Locking Worm Gears
After finishing this article, you will know what is a self locking worm gear, how a self-locking worm gear works, and the advantages/disadvantages and …
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Anti (Non) Backlash Spur Gear Techniques: Gear Backlash Prevention Method, Scissor Gear
This article will talk about the gear backlash and the gear backlash prevention and also will discuss the anti backlash gear design techniques.
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How to Measure Pressure Angle of a Gear – Gear Pressure Angle, Gear Terminologies, Equations
This article will talk about some of the important spur gear terminologies and also let you know how to measure pressure angle of a spur gear.
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