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Physics for Technology, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Physics for Technology, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Daniel H. Nichols
December 2018
Intermediate to advanced
436 pages
11h 35m
English
CRC Press
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This chapter describes the basic types of machines. Machines are devices that help us perform work that could not otherwise be performed. Typically, they generate more force than we are capable of generating and are found in many types of electromechanical equipment (Figure 6.1).

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FIGURE     6.1   Machines are devices that help us to perform work that could not otherwise be performed.

Theoretically machines work on the principle:Work In = Work Out.

The amount of work you put into the machine equals the amount you get out.

Note that work in = work out is only an idealization because there will always be friction that just wastes ...

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