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What (who) is Layshaft - definition


Layshaft         
AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WITHIN A GEARBOX THAT CARRIES GEARS, BUT DOES NOT TRANSFER POWER EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE GEARBOX.
·add. ·noun A secondary shaft, as in a sliding change gear for an automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an internal-combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving more or less independently of the other parts of a machine, as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main engine to insure uniform motion.
layshaft         
AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WITHIN A GEARBOX THAT CARRIES GEARS, BUT DOES NOT TRANSFER POWER EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE GEARBOX.
¦ noun Brit. a second or intermediate transmission shaft in a machine.
Layshaft         
AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT WITHIN A GEARBOX THAT CARRIES GEARS, BUT DOES NOT TRANSFER POWER EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE GEARBOX.
A layshaft is an intermediate shaft within a gearbox that carries gears, but does not transfer the primary drive of the gearbox either in or out of the gearbox.

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Layshaft
A layshaft is an intermediate shaft within a gearbox that carries gears, but does not transfer the primary drive of the gearbox either in or out of the gearbox.