geared wheel

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geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

cogwheel, gear, gear wheel

bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear - gears that mesh at an angle

cog, sprocket - tooth on the rim of gear wheel

escape wheel - gear that engages a rocking lever

pinion - a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear - an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train

rack and pinion - a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)

spur gear, spur wheel - gear wheels that mesh in the same plane

sun gear - the central gear in an epicyclic train

tooth - one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)

worm gear - gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion

worm wheel - gear with the thread of a worm

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In this area, the barrel is designed as an internally geared wheel of a planetary gear unit.

Extruder/gear pump combinations for processing

The crusher mechanism is made up of two 3-knife cutter blocks with geared wheels. The waste is cut into 2- to 4-in.