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jack·shaft

 (jăk′shăft′)
n.
A short shaft that transmits motion from a motor to a machine, especially in an automobile.
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jackshaft

(ˈdʒækˌʃɑːft)
n
(Automotive Engineering) a short length of shafting that transmits power from an engine or motor to a machine
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Another basic landing gear system is operated by an electric motor powering a jackshaft or other mechanism.
It would have had the transmission on it, with the full length driveshaft and housing extending under the feeder housing to where the belt pulley sprocket would have been on the Fordson, which had roller chain going to the jackshaft of the combine.
where [M.sub.s] is the blocking torque, [F.sub.t] is the tangential (along circumferential direction) force component, [F.sub.R] is the frictional force, [F.sub.N] is the normal force, [F.sub.a] is the axial shift force, [d.sub.a] is the mean effective diameter of the shift gear, [beta] is the angle of roof shape of the shift gear tooth, [u.sub.s] is the static friction coefficient of gear's meshing surface, [M.sub.k] is the moment of inertia, [J.sub.t] is the equivalent rotational inertia of jackshaft and the gears thereon, and [[omega].sub.2] is the rotational speed of the shift gear.
The 6000 Series features a higher speed external jackshaft motor that moves doors at a speed of 36” per second.
JACKSHAFT AQUILEGIA MURDERING BASSWOODS and the same grid with the third line changed to MUTTERING.
Similarly, if the motor is coupled via a conductive coupling to driven equipment such as a gearbox, pump, or jackshaft, then such a discharge could also take place in the driven equipment bearings.
The geared turbine does not need any change speed gearing or jackshaft. Stanier always believed that turbine drive was the way forward.
"To power that, we have a belt driven jackshaft. The jackshaft goes to a second belt at the top of the jackshaft that goes to the transmission.
By using a jackshaft you can belt it to a rototiller or your garden tractor engine.
A jackshaft (obtained from club member Matt Calahan) was loaded onto the trailer, simultaneously allowing the engine to be turned around, thus matching the rotation directions, and reducing the final rig speed to a comfortable level for both the engine and gin.
The cylinders could be moved to a position above small driving wheels with a crankshaft under the smokebox with two-speed gearing to a jackshaft beneath it driving the wheels.