The disk integrator principle is widely employed as the variable transmission in a snowblower or riding mower. Rubber wheel pressed on steel, which rapidly wears out. The differential analyzer at MIT used a narrow steel disk sliding across a spinning glass disk. Dust and oil was the enemy of accuracy.
The disk integrator principle is widely employed as the variable transmission in a snowblower or riding mower. Rubber wheel pressed on steel, which rapidly wears out. The differential analyzer at MIT used a narrow steel disk sliding across a spinning glass disk. Dust and oil was the enemy of accuracy.
Posted by: greg | December 24, 2021 at 10:44