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    Wheelbase (redirect from Axle base)
    than two axles (e.g. some trucks), the wheelbase is the distance between the steering (front) axle and the centerpoint of the driving axle group. In...
    9 KB (1,387 words) - 13:30, 22 February 2024
  • maximum weight of a trailer and the gross axle weight rating specifies the maximum weight on any particular axle. A car driver licence is limited to driving...
    17 KB (1,985 words) - 23:22, 3 February 2024
  • The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as the German classification or German system, describes the wheel arrangement...
    8 KB (1,048 words) - 03:59, 3 May 2024
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    An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or...
    14 KB (2,005 words) - 12:43, 27 December 2023
  • The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight bearing on the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle. Axle load is an important design...
    5 KB (605 words) - 04:53, 12 April 2024
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    Driving wheel (redirect from Driving axle)
    motors. Coupling rods are not usually used, and it is quite common for each axle to have its own motor. Jackshaft drive and coupling rods were used in the...
    11 KB (1,136 words) - 11:03, 30 December 2023
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    Trailing wheel (redirect from Trailing axle)
    trailing wheel or trailing axle is generally an unpowered wheel or axle (wheelset) located behind the driving wheels. The axle of the trailing wheels is...
    4 KB (521 words) - 01:30, 19 November 2023
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    wheeled vehicles which have two wheels on an axle), the axle track is the distance between the hub flanges on an axle. Wheel track, track width or simply track...
    4 KB (436 words) - 23:17, 8 April 2024
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    Leading wheel (redirect from Leading axle)
    or leading axle or pilot wheel of a steam locomotive is an unpowered wheel or axle located in front of the driving wheels. The axle or axles of the leading...
    4 KB (434 words) - 01:32, 19 November 2023
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    axle, rigid axle or solid axle is a dependent suspension design in which a set of wheels is connected laterally by a single beam or shaft. Beam axles...
    8 KB (1,057 words) - 01:14, 29 April 2024
  • Yelahanka (RWF) (also known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is a manufacturing unit of Indian Railways, producing wheels, axles and wheel sets of railroad wagons,...
    3 KB (256 words) - 08:35, 28 March 2024
  • counting either the axles or the bogies), and the UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements (based on counting either the axles or the bogies). Whyte...
    9 KB (419 words) - 01:14, 29 January 2024
  • Axel F (redirect from Axle F)
    "Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. It served as the theme for the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, starring...
    45 KB (3,640 words) - 17:35, 24 April 2024
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    The wheel and axle is a simple machine consisting of a wheel attached to a smaller axle so that these two parts rotate together in which a force is transferred...
    13 KB (1,821 words) - 14:32, 11 July 2023
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    swing axle, Hotchkiss drive, or live axle. Because it plays no part in transmitting power to the drive wheels, it is sometimes called a "dead axle". A powered...
    10 KB (1,147 words) - 11:48, 24 April 2024
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    The axle hitch is used to tie a hitch in a hard-to-reach place, or for extra security by having a double hold on an object. When the initial bight is passed...
    1 KB (146 words) - 11:23, 17 November 2023
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    Crank (mechanism) (redirect from Crank axle)
    often refers to a human-powered crank which is used to manually turn an axle, as in a bicycle crankset or a brace and bit drill. In this case a person's...
    24 KB (2,957 words) - 08:03, 23 February 2024
  • greases. For example, black slugs Arion ater were used as axle-grease to lubricate wooden axle-trees or carts in Sweden. Jointly developed by ASTM International...
    16 KB (1,895 words) - 18:33, 19 March 2024
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    An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a section of track between two points. The system generally...
    16 KB (2,051 words) - 13:28, 13 February 2024
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    Bissel truck (redirect from Bissel axle)
    A Bissell or Bissel truck (also Bissel bogie or pony truck) is a single-axle bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to...
    7 KB (884 words) - 04:40, 2 March 2024
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