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Gears (or gear wheels) are toothed wheels which are usually used to couple two or more rotating shafts. The shafts may be rotating at the same speed or at different speeds?and can have axes which are pointing in the same direction or in different directions. The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two shafts coupled by gear wheels, depends on the ratio of the number of teeth in the wheels.
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Jayendran, A. (2002). Gears and gearing. In: Englisch für Maschinenbauer. Viewegs Fachbücher der Technik. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91912-0_11
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