Meanings
- uncountableThe system or arrangement of line shafts used in a building or workshop to distribute mechanical power from a central source to multiple machines.
Hanging of lineshafting and countershafts with material …
1875, Daniel Kennedy, Inspt'r, ANNUAL REPORT of THE INSPECTOR of MILWAUKEE COUNTY House of Correction, for The Year Ending March 15th, 1875, Milwaukee, page 242 more examples
I do not advocate high speed of lineshafting, but in this case, to use smaller pulleys, we run the lineshaft 480 revolutions per minute and it has proved very satisfactory, the shaft being placed on stone piers independent of mill, directly under countershafts on the machines.
1894 December, “Planing Mill Talks”, in The Wood-Worker, volume XIII, number 10, Inianapolis, Ind., page 16The lineshafting sections are connectied to each other with threaded couplings or, for larger diameter shafts, with sleve couplings.
2011 April 19, Garr M. Jones, Robert L. Sanks, George Tchobanoglous, Bayard E. Bosserman, Pumping Station Design, revised 3rd edition, page 11.28
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