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  2. Toothed belt - Wikipedia

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    Toothed belts are used widely in mechanical devices, including sewing machines, photocopiers and many others. A major use of toothed belts is as the timing belt used to drive the camshafts within an automobile or motorcycle engine. As toothed belts can deliver more power than a friction-drive belt, they are used for high-power transmissions.

  3. List of components of oil drilling rigs - Wikipedia

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    Drill pipe (#16) is a joint of hollow tubing used to connect the surface equipment to the bottom hole assembly (BHA) and acts as a conduit for the drilling fluid. In the diagram, these are stands of drill pipe which are 2 or 3 joints of drill pipe connected and stood in the derrick vertically, usually to save time while tripping pipe.

  4. Line shaft - Wikipedia

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    Four wool spinning machines driven by belts from an overhead lineshaft (Leipzig, Germany, circa 1925) The belt drives of the Mueller Mill, model and reality, in motionA line shaft is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission that was used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century.

  5. Pulley - Wikipedia

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    A pulley may have a groove or grooves between flanges around its circumference to locate the cable or belt. The drive element of a pulley system can be a rope, cable, belt, or chain. The earliest evidence of pulleys dates back to Ancient Egypt in the Twelfth Dynasty (1991–1802 BC) [1] and Mesopotamia in the early 2nd millennium BC. [2]

  6. Belt (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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    The open belt drive has parallel shafts rotating in the same direction, whereas the cross-belt drive also bears parallel shafts but rotate in opposite direction. The former is far more common, and the latter not appropriate for timing and standard V-belts unless there is a twist between each pulley so that the pulleys only contact the same belt ...

  7. Assisted living options for wheelchair users - AOL

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    Rely on medical equipment that they cannot operate or maintain. Cannot follow directions or move to safety in emergency situations. Have active tuberculosis. Are chronically bedbound.

  8. US economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on ... - AOL

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    The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its ...

  9. A Cold War-era bomb shelter in Florida has new owners. What's ...

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    Previous real estate agents recommended converting the space to a garage for a classic car collection. The previous owners attempted to fashion the shelter into a Tier IV data center — the ...