Gears, engines & power transmission — how mechanical systems convert and transmit energy.
Rotate a slider-crank mechanism and compare exact piston displacement, velocity, acceleration and torque against rod-ratio and speed changes.
Hold the sun, ring or carrier stationary on an epicyclic gearset and see how the Willis relation sets the resulting speed and torque ratios.
Inspect a radial ball bearing under load and speed changes and read cage speed, ball-pass frequencies and L10 rating life.
Set pulley diameters, slip and tension on an open flat-belt drive and audit the result against the capstan traction limit.
Cutaway tie-rod hydraulic cylinder — pressure/flow lab with directional valve and relief branch.
Cutaway air cylinder lab — receiver, filter-regulator, 5/3 valve and compressible-flow model.
Guarded chain-drive bench — tooth ratio, pitch/chain-length selection, chordal action and a wear-inspection gauge.
Charge/coast/discharge flywheel bench — motor-generator, energy audit ledger and a mechanical brake.
Full 3D V8 cutaway — cross-plane crankshaft, valvetrain, firing order 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2, cutaway/solid/single/explode modes and a live P-V indicator diagram.