GEAR BASICS CLOZE

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To understand the you first have to understand the lever. The lever and fulcrum make up a machine where a stiff beam (the lever) rotates about a fixed pivot (the fulcrum). The principle of the lever has been used since before written language. Levers were initially so that heavy stone blocks could be moved using only muscle power. Levers still form the operating principle behind common machines, both powered and hand operated. A practical lever includes the lever itself and the fulcrum. To work , the fulcrum is usually fixed in place relative to the lever. Like other simple machines, the lever is best understood through the concepts of and output forces. The output force can be or smaller than the input force, depending on the length of the lever and where you place the fulcrum. A gear is a modification of the and axle. It just has teeth around it. Like all simple machines, gears may change the direction in which a force is applied; or increase or reduce a force or the over which a force is applied. Gears work in teams. Two gears working is called a gear train. The gear on the train to which the force is first applied is called the driver. The gear on the train to which the force is first applied is called the driven gear. Any gears between the driver and the driven gears are called the idlers.

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