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    What Does 'Nominal' Mean in Gear Drive Reducer Specifications?

    When searching through a catalog for gear drive reducers, I find that many of them list nominal output torque and nominal input speed. My question is what does the term 'nominal' in that context mean. If it lists nominal output torque of 3186in.lb, and nominal input speed of 2900rpm, does...
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    Which is better for high cycle output: elevator or piston/cylinder?

    For an application that requires 200 FT LBS, would a camshaft suffice? My idea was connecting a 1HP motor to a reducer to obtain ~35RPM and attaching a camshaft to the output shaft. Then mounted above the camshaft will be a cam follower that will travel up and down as the camshaft rotates...
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    Which is better for high cycle output: elevator or piston/cylinder?

    [SOLVED] Elevator vs. Piston/Cylinder In designing a reciprocating linear motion force, I have two approaches to the problem using a standard 1 horsepower motor. The travel is 2 feet forward and 2 feet backwords with a minimum force of 200lbs. From calculations, each cycle of the...
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    Thermodynamics - cyclic pressure/volume process

    This is also a problem I am having trouble with, the last point I need. Here's the picture relevant to our problem: webassign.net/pse/p20-32.gif
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