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Six different sizes and types of rotors were die cast using pure, highconductivity copper. Tests showed a 1.2 to 1.7 % improvement in efficiency. When it comes to energy efficiency, every little bit ...

• Induction motors employing copper rotors can be smaller than equivalent versions with aluminum rotors. • Copper rotors exhibit lower losses than aluminum which lets them run cooler and be more ...

This set of lettered cogs doesn’t appear to be the most exciting of discoveries. It turns out, however, that they belong to a Second World War Enigma coding machine and have only just been discovered ...

Steam turbine rotors bend during operation, but the bearing and supports are designed to keep the static and dynamic forces under control. However, bending can cause impact between stationary and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Edward Hebern of California designed ...

For the past four years, Claas has been collecting data from more than 100 Claas Lexion 700 combine harvesters fitted with a twin rotor. The program was prompted to dispel a perception that twin-rotor ...

They all achieve the same objective — harvesting grain and separating the wheat from the chaff — but how that is achieved is where the difference lies. One fundamental difference between them is in ...

The American inventor Edward Hebern (1869-1952) designed a series of machines for encrypting messages. The Smithsonian collections include a few of these as part of accession 1991.0190. Like many ...