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Belt drives are used to transfer rotational motion from one shaft to another. Both shafts may rotate at same or variable speed. In this article we will discuss what is belt drive, it's types, advantages and limitations. We suggest you to also read this ar ...
Springs are very commonly used component in products where motion is involved. In our daily life we use lot of products that utilizes springs. From consumer product such as analog watch, bicycle, cars, some toys utilizes springs. Springs are used to store ...
Free body diagram (FBD) is a graphical representation of the forces acting on a body of interest in given conditions. FBD helps in solving static and dynamic problems in mechanical engineering. We suggest you to also read this article on degree of freedom ...
Degree of Freedom is defined as the minimum number of independent variables required to define the position of a rigid body in space. In other words DOF defines the number of directions a body can move. Degree of freedom concept is used in kinematics to c ...
Gear ratio is the ratio of output and input number of teeth on a shaft. Gear train consist of gears in series. They are used to increase or decrease the speed or torque of the output shaft. In this article we will discuss how to calculate gear ratio, spee ...
Gears are mechanisms used to transfer motion from one shaft to another. From automobiles to machinery. Gears are used to transfer motion from one shaft to another. Different types of gears have different applications. For Example, spur gears are used to t ...
