Transmissions Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• bevel gears : changes the plane of rotation so that a shaft turning can make a vertical shaft rotate.
• gear ratio : it is the number of teeth each gear represents when two gears are used in an aircraft component.
• backlash : used to describe the clearance that must exist between gear teeth at the point of the mesh.
• idle gear : its function is to connect the drive between two shafts.
• intermediate gear : a gear that is positioned between the driving gear and one or more driven gears in a gear train.
• compound gear : a gear wheel that has more than one driving face.
• pinion : term applied to the smaller two mating gears.
• lay-shaft : a shaft that supports an idler gear or intermediate gear.
• step-up drive : a drive through a gear train in which the speed of rotation of the output (driven) shaft is increased.
• step-down drive : a reduction gear in which the rev/mm of the output shaft is reduced while the torque is increased.