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GEARS AND GEAR SYSTEMS

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COMPOUND GEARS

Compound gears are used in engines, workshop machines and in many other mechanical devices.
In the diagram, gear ‘A’ is actually two gears attached to each other and they rotate around the same centre. Sometimes compound gears are used so that the final gear in a gear train rotates at the correct speed.

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