Problems in managing the slack limited the speed at which the line could be operated. A company technician explains, “The combined inertia of the chain and the product it is carrying cause the chain ...

Dodge launched its pony car at the very last moment, in 1970, after six other manufacturers had already saturated the market. The model was received with standing ovations, and the nameplate sold some ...

There’s no bones about it: slipping transmissions cost big money, whether you’re a humble owner or a giant car company. Perhaps the best recent example is the PowerShift transmission, which in recent ...

To provide a better view of the action on high school and college football fields, Endzone Video Systems (EVS), Sealy, Tex., developed a portable tower system that lifts a video camera 25 to 35 ft.

Clutch appears to be slipping when carrying heavy loads (ie 7 people in car) and accelerating out of 3rd gear. The car, a Ford S-MAX, is only two years old, 22,000 miles. Ford dealership giving speech ...

The clutch in my Subaru Outback had been slipping so it was returned to the dealer to be checked and my wife was told the clutch was "full of sand". It was repaired under warranty, but how can sand ...

The objective of this work is to generate a robust slipping-clutch model that will be employed as a component for driveline dynamic simulations. The model was mainly focused on the relatively detailed ...