The Brake Wheel is 10 ft 9in diameter and has 78 wooden teeth. It meshes with a Wallower gear that has 43 teeth, thus the gear ratio is 1.8:1. By using gears that are a mix of an odd and even number of teeth, cyclic wear of the teeth is prevented.
Brake Wheel
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- Reference
- GB 3132 FUWA-02227
- Dates of Creation
- 2013
- Physical Description
- 1 jpg
- Digital Content
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Location of Originals
FUW digital archive
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