sheave

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Backmann projected two cylindrical cars that traveled in parallel shafts and balanced one another from opposite ends of common cables that passed over a sheave in the upperworks.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.

Weight of transmission rope = .34 X dia.2 Breaking strength = 7,000 X dia.2 Maximum allowable tension = 200 X dia.2 Dia. smallest practicable sheave.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery by Company, Howard & Bullough American Machine

Overhead the tramp of feet was to be heard, followed by the whine of a rope running through a sheave.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell

The distance from the centre of the sheave to the centre of the shaft is called the radius or eccentricity of the eccentric.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

The sheave is generally made of cast iron.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan