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Line shaft

A line shaft or millworks is a power-driven rotating shaft for power transmission within factories and industrial complexes. They were used extensively from the Industrial Revolution until the early 20th century. Prior to the widespread use of electric motors small enough to be connected directly to each piece of machinery, line shafting was used to…

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Line shaft

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples47
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Line shaft

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related to Disadvantages · 11
Line shaft → Alignment, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Compared, Continuous, Down, Factory, It, Oil, Power, Roller, The
related to Operation · 10
Line shaft → Belts, Cotton, Flat, In, Leather, One, Pulley, Shafts, The, This
related to Historical alternatives to line shafts · 9
Line shaft → Bessemer, British, Europe, Hydraulic, London, The, They, To, Wire
related to history · 7
Line shaft → Early, In, Line, Lowell, Massachusetts, Paul Moody, This
related to External links · 3
Line shaft → Belting, Line Shaft Pulleys, Warning

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power line shafts shaft belts used machine pulleys steam drive electric early could century large drives engine machinery central pulley

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machineinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
wood shops where there was a variety of machines with different orientationsinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
power requirementsinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
the system would appear erraticinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
inconsistent with many different shafting directionsinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
pulley sizesinstance ofIn other applications0.80text
wire drawing or hammering ironinstance ofThis was also important when a wide range of speed control was necessary for a sensitive operation0.80text
Line shaftrelated to DisadvantagesCompared0.60section
Line shaftrelated to DisadvantagesPower0.60section
Line shaftrelated to DisadvantagesRoller0.60section
Line shaftrelated to DisadvantagesContinuous0.60section
Line shaftrelated to DisadvantagesThe0.60section

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