"Gear Applications" provides an overview of the many different types of gears and gear drives used in mechanical applications. Gears are an essential part of many applications because they transmit ...

On the left is the gear-drive cam and its distributor drive gear, while the pair on the right are for conventional chain drive. Notice the different helix angle of the gears. Shown here are the cam ...

Throughout the 1900s, cars with manual transmissions slowly gave way to those with the ability to shift between gears automatically. Early automatic transmissions with names like Hydra-Matic, Dynaflow ...