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Mechanics

578 blueprints available • 8 subcategories

Blueprints (578)

The Two-Stroke Engine: The Piston Is the Valve

The Two-Stroke Engine: The Piston Is the Valve

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Carburettor: A Venturi, a Jet and a Float

The Carburettor: A Venturi, a Jet and a Float

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Crank and the Flywheel: Smoothing One Bang in Two Turns

The Crank and the Flywheel: Smoothing One Bang in Two Turns

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Piston Ring: Sealed by the Gas It Holds Back

The Piston Ring: Sealed by the Gas It Holds Back

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Kaplan Turbine: A Propeller in a Pipe, With Blades That Turn

The Kaplan Turbine: A Propeller in a Pipe, With Blades That Turn

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Tesla Turbine: Discs, Not Blades, Driven by the Boundary Layer

The Tesla Turbine: Discs, Not Blades, Driven by the Boundary Layer

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Turbocharger: The Exhaust Drives the Compressor

The Turbocharger: The Exhaust Drives the Compressor

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Gas Turbine: When the Turbine Finally Beat Its Own Compressor

The Gas Turbine: When the Turbine Finally Beat Its Own Compressor

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Sirocco Fan: Many Shallow Forward-Curved Blades

The Sirocco Fan: Many Shallow Forward-Curved Blades

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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Fins and the Heat Sink: A Fin That Is Too Long Does Nothing

Fins and the Heat Sink: A Fin That Is Too Long Does Nothing

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Heat Pipe: Evaporation, Condensation and a Wick That Pumps

The Heat Pipe: Evaporation, Condensation and a Wick That Pumps

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Rotary Regenerator: Store Heat in a Wheel and Carry It Across

The Rotary Regenerator: Store Heat in a Wheel and Carry It Across

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Plate Heat Exchanger: Thin Plates, Turbulence, and a Frame You Can Open

The Plate Heat Exchanger: Thin Plates, Turbulence, and a Frame You Can Open

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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Counterflow: The Same Area Does More When the Streams Run Opposite

Counterflow: The Same Area Does More When the Streams Run Opposite

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Radiator: Mostly Convection, and Why Temperature Is Everything

The Radiator: Mostly Convection, and Why Temperature Is Everything

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Water-Tube Boiler: Put the Water in the Tubes

The Water-Tube Boiler: Put the Water in the Tubes

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Economiser: The Heat Still Going Up the Chimney

The Economiser: The Heat Still Going Up the Chimney

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Fire-Tube Boiler: Surface, Not Fire, Makes Steam

The Fire-Tube Boiler: Surface, Not Fire, Makes Steam

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Heat of Compression: Why Compressed Air Is Hot and Wet

The Heat of Compression: Why Compressed Air Is Hot and Wet

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm Pump: It Stalls Instead of Bursting

The Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm Pump: It Stalls Instead of Bursting

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Screw Compressor: A Built-In Ratio, and the Cost of the Wrong One

The Screw Compressor: A Built-In Ratio, and the Cost of the Wrong One

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Progressing-Cavity Pump: One Thread Fewer, and Nothing Is Squeezed

The Progressing-Cavity Pump: One Thread Fewer, and Nothing Is Squeezed

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Liquid-Ring Pump: The Water Is the Piston

The Liquid-Ring Pump: The Water Is the Piston

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Scroll Compressor: Two Spirals, One Orbiting, No Valves

The Scroll Compressor: Two Spirals, One Orbiting, No Valves

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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