Considering the equilibrium of the forces acting at D, we have Again, considering the equilibrium…

The Porter governor is a modification of a Watt’s governor, with central load attached to…

The simplest form of a centrifugal governor is a Watt governor, as shown in Fig.…

The following terms used in governors are important from the subject point of view ;…

The centrifugal governors are based on the balancing of centrifugal force on the rotating balls…

The governors may, broadly, be classified as 1.      Centrifugal governors, and 2.        Inertia governors. The centrifugal governors,…

The gap between the non-drive face of the pinion tooth and the adjacent wheel tooth…

The tooth tip of the pinion will then undercut the tooth on the wheel at…

Arc of contact is the path traced by a point on the pitch circle from…

Consider a pinion driving wheel as shown in figure. When the pinion rotates in clockwise,…