Mechanical Gears/ Mechanisms

What is a mechanism?

• The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated, and others are unanticipated.

• A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.

• The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.

• The information produced by a computer.

What is Input?

• Circular motion

• A push or pull on an object.

• Information fed into a system.

• A twisting force

What is a Force?

• The information produced by a computer.

• A push or a pull on object.

• Circular motion

• A procedure or formula for solving a problem.

What is a gear?

• The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.

• The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.

• The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated, and others are unanticipated.

• A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.

What is rotary motion?

• Circular motion

• A twisting force

• The output gear. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other

• The input gear. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.

What is torque?

• The information produced by a computer.

• A procedure or formula for solving a problem.

• A machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls.

• A twisting force

Check all that apply - Mechanisms are generally used to:

• Change the direction of movement

• Change the type of movement

• Change the speed of movement

• Change the amount of torque of force available to do work

Something put into a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result. Information fed into a system.

• sensor

• input

• force

• output

A push or pull on an object in a straight line.

• Force

• Input

• Torque

• Reciprocating

A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.

• Mechanism

• Driven Gear

• Gear