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Governors

Introduction The function of governor is to regulate the mean speed of an engine, when there are variations in load. For example: when the load of an engine increases then its speed decreases, therefore it becomes necessary to increase the su ...

3 Comments. 3913 views since Sep 27, 2007

Power Plant

Power Station An electric power station is a factory in which energy is converted from one form to other i.e, from Mechanical into Electrical Energy in a conventional Thermal power station , the energy is first in the form of heat through the ...

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Air Dryers Used In Locomotives

Why air dryer? Compressed air is used on diesel and electric locomotives for brake system and operation of other auxiliary devices. The compression cycle of ambient air includes compression in locomotive compressor and then cooling in after ...

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Sensotronic Braking System

The most vital component in the runningand control of the modern vehicles is the braking system. In order to bring themoving motor vehicle to rest or slow down in a shortest possible time, theenergy of the motion possessed by the vehicle must be conver ...

4 Comments. 1851 views since Feb 17, 2009

IC Engine

Introduction Energy Conversion The distinctive feature of our civilization today, one makes it different from all others, is the wide of use mechanical power. At one time, the primary source of power for the work of peace or war is ...

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Design & Fabrication of Automatic Pneumatic Lift

Abstract In order to implement the ideas one has to make the model of that. Human beings are restricted to some extent in bearing loads but they are not restricted for innovations. The technology is so much advanced that every proble ...

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Sketch Modelling in Catia

This tutorial and other tutorial that follow provide step-by-step instructions on how to create a sketch in CATIA V5 R14's sketcher workbench. Sketch workbench is used to create CATIA two dimensional sections. Objects made in sketcher workbench are sav ...

1 Comments. 1557 views since Oct 9, 2007

Turbines & Its Auxiliaries

Turbine Turbine is a device which transforms pressure and temperature energy of steam into mechanical energy. It contains stator & rotor blades. Stator is connected to casting & turbine and perform like a nozzle in which pressure and ...

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Face to Face with Catia

Introduction to computer added design Apart from the theoretical aspects of CAD, here we are going discuss about the major features of Computer Added Design. The software on which we are going to discuss is CATIA. As we know that in today's w ...

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Omni Directional Vehicle

YFR's best method to design Omni Directional Vehicle Objective To design an Omni directional vehicle concept for future development: To build an Omni Directional Vehicle requires inclusion o ...

4 Comments. 1422 views since Sep 10, 2007