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  2. Comparison of train and tram tracks - Wikipedia

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    Lateral tolerance between wheels and rails Two types of flanges are permitted on railroad wheels - narrow and wide. The maximum lateral movement T1 possible for a new wheel set centered on in-gage track is a function of the flange type and is determined by the following formula: CAUTION: Use only English units in formulas in this recommended ...

  3. Profile gauge - Wikipedia

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    A contour gauge set to the profile of a small pot A contour gauge. A profile gauge or contour gauge is a tool for recording the cross-sectional shape of a surface. Contour gauges consist of a set of steel or plastic pins that are set tightly against one another in a frame which keeps them in the same plane and parallel while allowing them to move independently, perpendicularly to the frame.

  4. Speeds and feeds - Wikipedia

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    Cutting speed may be defined as the rate at the workpiece surface, irrespective of the machining operation used. A cutting speed for mild steel of 100 ft/min is the same whether it is the speed of the cutter passing over the workpiece, such as in a turning operation, or the speed of the cutter moving past a workpiece, such as in a milling operation.

  5. Speedometer - Wikipedia

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    The former type is quite reliable and low maintenance but needs a gauge and hub gearing properly matched to the rim and tire size, whereas the latter requires little or no calibration for a moderately accurate readout (with standard tires, the "distance" covered in each wheel rotation by a friction wheel set against the rim should scale fairly ...

  6. Drill - Wikipedia

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    A drill press Drill press (then called a boring machine) boring wooden reels for winding barbed wire, 1917. A drill press (also known as a pedestal drill, pillar drill, or bench drill) is a style of drill that may be mounted on a stand or bolted to the floor or workbench. Portable models are made, some including a magnetic base.

  7. Variable gauge - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, a gauge-changer was installed at Tornio at the Finnish end of the dual-gauge section between Haparanda and Tornio, for use with variable gauge freight wagons. [45] The Tornio gauge changer is a Rafil design from Germany; a similar Talgo-RD gauge changer at the Haparanda end used to exist, but was removed [ 46 ] as it required de-icing ...

  8. Break of gauge - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world's railways showing the different gauges in use. Breaks of gauge generally occur where lines of different track gauge meet.. With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run on those rails) meets a line of a different gauge.

  9. Protofour - Wikipedia

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    Protofour or P4 is a set of standards for model railways allowing construction of models to a scale of 4 mm to 300 mm (1 ft) (1:76.2), [1] the predominant scale of model railways of the British prototype. For historical reasons almost all manufacturers of British prototype models use 00 gauge (1:76.2 models running on 16.5 mm (0.65 in) gauge ...