Discusses Cardan-drive developments on German street cars; several 2-axle designs have been developed using both one and two motors; experiments are being carried on by several railways; Albrecht-Krupp Cardan drive includes two motors which are suspended from car flooring; these motors drive large spur gear through insulated flexible couplings; this drive shows 96 per cent efficiency in spur gearing and 95 per cent efficiency in bevel gearing. (See also Verkehrstechnik vol. 43, n 19 1926 pp. 101-104 and 119-122, 15 figs)
Cardan drive for street railways
Kardanantriebe fur elektrische Bahnen
Electric Railway Journal ; 67 , n 25
1926
3 pages
5 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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Cardan drive for street railways
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