Mechanical Glossary
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- Acceleration - The rate of change of velocity. Whenever a mass experiences a force, an acceleration is acting.
- Angular Velocity - The speed that an object moves through an angle, θ. The calculation below calculates ω but does not calculate the relative velocity of a point as it moves throughout the curve.
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- Breakdown Torque - Maximum torque an AC motor will develop.
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- Fitting - A piping component that is used to join piping, change the direction or diameter of piping or end the pipe.
- Flange - A bolted connection where two pieces of pipe, equipment, fittings or valves are connected together to form a piping system.
- Force - The push or pull of an object resulting in a change from rest or motion.
- Friction - The mechanical resistance to the relative movement of two surfaces.
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- Horsepower - A measure of power or the rate of doing work.
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- Law of Inertia - See Newton's First Law
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- Newton's First Law - A object at rest remains at rest and a object in motion continues to move at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force.
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- Pipe - A hollow tube that can carry products such as fluid, gas, granular and more.
- Power - The rate of doing work and is measured by the amount of foot pounds of work done in a particular unit of time.
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- Srevice Factor - A factor which is used to reduce a strength value to obtain an engineering design stress.
- Speed - The rate of change or distance with time.
- Starting Torque - The torque produced by a motor at initial switch on.
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- Tolerance - Permitted deviation between the declared value of a quantity and the measured value.
- Torque - A measure of how much twisting is applied to a fastener.
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- Valve - A mechanism used to stop or open and regulate flow. The type of valve used depends on the application.
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- Work - The overcoming of resistance through space and is the measure of force x distance.
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