AR Vocab- Abby Davis

A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads. 

• Gear

• Chain

• Mechanism

• Rotary

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

• Drive Gear

• Driven Gear

• Force

• Energy

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

• Driven Gear

• Drive Gear

• Energy

• Force

The capacity to do work; the use of mechanisms is necessary to transfer energy.

• Energy

• Direction of Travel

• Power

• Work

If the Input handle can be turned in both directions for at least one full turn, the device has a reversible direction of travel.  If it can only be turned in one direction, it is non-reversible.

• Inverse

• Direction of Travel

• Input

• Force

A push or pull in a straight line.

• Force

• Power

• Direction of Travel

• Ratio

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

• Gear

• Gear ratio

• Driven Gear

• Drive Gear

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

• Gear Ratio

• Gear

• Drive Gear

• Driven Gear

Something added to a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result. 

• Input

• Inverse

• Ratio

• Output

A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction. 

• Idler Gear

• Gear ratio

• Sprocket

• Gear