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gear

1. mod. excellent. This jazz is really gear!

2. n. an asterisk (*). The gear stands for anything you want it to stand for.

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Apart from all the fitness-centric features stated above, the Gear Sport also doubles up as a smartwatch that syncs with your phone allowing you to check your notifications, reply to messages, and essentially becomes a second screen for your phone.

Samsung Gear Sport and Gear Fit2 Pro first impressions: Mixing fitness with fashion

Gear faults are more likely to occur in the modern geared transmission systems.

Psychoacoustic analysis of gear noise with gear faults

The integration of these couplings into the gear unit turns the BHS power distribution gear into an axially compact unit, popular among customers for its space saving advantages.

Innovative power distribution gear

Frequency of the 1250 kW power turbounit gear mesh is (21-175 Hz = 3600 Hz) with high level vibration acceleration amplitude of 4th bearing measured in vertical direction.

Diagnostics practice of heavy duty high speed gear transmissions/Dideles galios krumpliniu pavaru diagnostikos praktika

Therefore, in present study, finishing time of 24 min is found the most appropriate for PECH of spur gears.

Experimental investigation on precision finishing of spur gears by pulse electrochemical honing (PECH) process

Maintenance recommended various combinations of circuit-breaker resets, securing and restoring the utility-hydraulic system, primary-flight-control-system (PFCS) resets, and cycling the gear handle.

The gear solution

Nord says that quiet running and high efficiency are helped by a proprietary gear production process that delivers smooth meshing, with efficiency levels up to 93% for units with standard gear ratios.

Universal worm turns out 93% efficiency level, says manufacturer

However it has been observed by some engineers that the temperature difference method has a fundamental error because one end of the mill pinion is free and therefore subject to convection cooling, while the drive end is connected to the main gear box and therefore heated by conduction and radiation from the main drive.

Reducing fatigue: Dirk van Dyk* takes a look at the problem of operational gear mesh misalignment and discusses a new technique that adds to the repertoire of predictive maintenance techniques for low speed, high torque applications

Back at the plant, Winzeler Gear has automated materials drying and conveying, parts handling, and inventory tracking through barcode printers and readers.

A custom molder takes the next step

Unfortunately, stacking gear around the fan chokes off the air flow that's used to cool the interior of the vehicle.

Keep the air flowing

Metals have several clear advantages in gear design (Table 1).

Gearing up-front: engineering thermoplastics offer cost/weigh savings and design flexibility

We have worked with Power Smart in order to show that our gear boxes do save money, and they are listed as an efficient gear box," Banero says.

Geared to save you money: SM-Cyclo's products are designed with efficiency in mind. (Corporate Profile)

A custom injection molder in Cincinnati has developed a polymer distributor gear that the company said can provide longer life even under harsh racing conditions.

Plastic racing gears. (News & Notes)

Immediately after takeoff, the right main landing gear indicator remained in the down and locked position.