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rotor

roh ter

  • n  the rotating armature of a motor or generator
  • n  the revolving bar of a distributor
  • n  rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils
    there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine

  • The good rotor ship Buckau, with her whirling iron towers, came to anchor in Leith harbor.
  • If autogiro builders pride themselves on one thing, it is the security of the rotor assembly, the arrangement of windmill-like vanes which keeps an autogiro aloft.
  • Unlike the helicopter, which is subject to constant torque from its powered rotor, the gyroplane experiences no twisting effect and needs no counteracting rotor and extra .
News & Articles

  • Avid revamps the BB7 disc brake
    Avid has given the venerable BB7 disc brake a bit of a facelift, adding lighter stainless steel hardware and giving the brake a shiny black anodized finish. The updated BB7S uses the same stainless hardware introduced for the BB7 Road SL last fall. The BB7s also comes with Avid’s HS1 rotor. The construction and mechanics of this cable-actuated disc brake remain unchanged. The BB7S still has a ...
    June 12, 2013 - BikeRadar
  • Industrial Granulator processes 10 tons per hour.
    Equipped with 300 or 400 hp drive motor and 80 in. cutting chamber, Saturn Grizzly® Super80 handles variety of recycling materials, including tires, non-ferrous metal, biomass, plastics, and e-scrap recycling. System's 34 in. diameter one-piece forged rotor is supported by double-row spherical roller bearings and housing is lined with replaceable wear-plates. Available with screen sizes from ½ ...
    June 11, 2013 - ThomasNet
  • Dye Rotor paintball Gun Loader Now Offered at Action Center Paintball, Paintballguns.tv And Utah Paintball Supply
    The best paintball gun hopper made the Dye Rotor paintball gun loader, is now offered at Action Center Paintball, Paintballguns.tv, And Utah Paintball supply (PRWeb June 07, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10814538.htm
    June 8, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Jeff Gordon in WTOV9.com
    That's one of the hardest hits I've ever taken,said Gordon. "The right front brake rotor broke going into (turn) one."
  • Carlos Bustamante in Science a Gogo
    When we apply tension to the DNA molecule, changes in the rotor bead angle reflect changes in the twist of the lower DNA segment,Bustamante said. "The overwinding observed upon stretching, implies that contrary to the held belief, the...
  • Ryan Newman in AutoCorse.it
    We just caught a piece of debris or something and it popped that tire,Newman said about the incident. "It wrapped itself around the caliper and rotor and stuff and it cost us three laps."

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