SHAFT TUNNEL

See shaft alley.

shaft_tunnel shaft

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BEARING

A support or guide by means of which a moving part such as a shaft or axle is positioned with respect to the other parts of a mechanism.

bearing support guide moving_part shaft axle mechanism moving

CAM

Eccentric shaft used in most internal combustion engines to open and close valves.

cam eccentric_shaft internal_combustion_engine combustion shaft eccentric engines internal_combustion_engines open

JOURNAL

That part of a shaft or axle that rotates or angularly oscillates in or against a bearing or about which a bearing rotates or angularly oscillates.

journal haft axle bearing shaft

COUPLING

A straight connector for shafts or flow lines.

coupling connector shaft flow_line flow

OIL RING

A loose ring, the inner surface of which rides a shaft or journal and dips into a reservoir of lubricant from which it carries the lubricant to the top of a bearing by its rotation with the shaft.

oil_ring shaft journal lubricant bearing surface reservoir rotation top

ANNULAR BEARING

Usually a rolling bearing of short cylindrical form supporting a shaft carrying a radial load.

annular_bearing rolling_bearing radial_load bearing shaft rolling cylindrical form radial short

FLOATING BEARING

A bearing designed or mounted to permit axial displacement between shaft and housing.

floating_bearing axial_displacement bearing shaft displacement axial

PIVOT BEARING

An axial load bearing, radial-load-type bearing which supports the end of a shaft or pivot.

pivot_bearing axial_load_bearing radial_load_bearing bearing shaft load end axial axial_load

THERMAL EFFICIENCY

Ratio of shaft work out of a system to the heat energy into the system.

thermal_efficiency shaft_work heat_energy heat shaft energy system ratio

BRAKE

An appliance used to stop rotation of unit's shaft or unit movement .

brake unit shaft rotation stop movement

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