Questions tagged [lifting]
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How do lifts remain steady as passengers embark/disembark?
I'm referring to the kind of lift that takes people up and down floors.
I notice lifts are very stable as people get on or off. Since the lift is presumably stationary because the tension in the cords above it balances the weight of the lift +…
Allure
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What weight on a still stepper motor?
I want to make an extending leg that uses a stepper motor at the bottom, spindle upwards. With a screw thread at the end of the spindle. The motor will rotate to push up a nut which will push up the leg. The weight it will push up will probably be…
Michael Clarkson
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How to connect 2 input shafts which will work independently to an output shaft
I am an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering. One of our professors project is to design a ski lift. A problem my team came across is how to connect the diesel and the electric engine into the pulley-rope system. We have 2 inputs and 1…
aggrvs
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shaft connected double water wheel to lift water back in closed loop
This is meant for mechanical closed system for hydroponics. Two wheels connected by same shaft so the wheel going down lifts the water back with the other interconnected wheel to a slight incline. I suppose the torque created by falling water should…
Rodríguez Ayoze
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