Engineering Science Full Set
This package includes a complete set of TecQuipment’s Engineering Science kits (ES2-19) and three Work Panels (ES1) within a mobile trolley.
Gear Trains Kit
Item Number:
ES13 - Experiment
TecQuipment's Gear Trains Kit (ES13) demonstrates the characteristics of a spur gear, bevel gear, and a worm drive.
This kit includes a selection of different gears for experiments to find their unique characteristics. The gears include Spur Gears, a Bevel Gear and a Worm Drive. The spur gears have two sets of teeth on the same shaft, allowing extra experiments in compound gear trains.
Students test each set of gears to see how it works and note the differences in characteristics (such as efficiency, gear ratio and mechanical advantage) of each set. The gear sets are a selection of the most common sets similar to those used in real applications, such as automobile gear boxes, domestic and industrial hand tools and clockwork instruments. Each has advantages and disadvantages that make them suitable for a particular job.
This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using different arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers or lecturers fit the parts of the kit to the Work Panel (ES1) (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic.
TecQuipment supply a CD-ROM with the Work Panel (ES1). It includes all the worksheets, guidance notes and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range.
Learning Outcomes
- Characteristics of Spur Gears, including single and compound gear trains and the ‘idler’ gear
- Characteristics of a Bevel Gear
- Characteristics of a Worm Drive
For this kit we currently have worksheets available for:
Drive Systems (ES11 and ES13):
- Chain Drive
- Belt Drive
- Spur Gears
Key Features
- One of a series of 18 kits for experiments in fundamental engineering science topics
- For use on any engineering course from foundation to postgraduate
- Flexible and modular, each kit fi ts onto the work panel (ES1) for experiments and classroom demonstrations
- Supplied in a hard-wearing storage tray with moulded insert to hold parts securely and a graphical list to help check the kit contents
- Rugged and durable parts for safe ‘hands-on’ experiments, allowing better understanding
- Contains a selection of the most popular gears and arrangements to show the effi ciencies, advantages and disadvantages of each type of gear
More Information
Standard Features
- Five-year warranty
- ISO9001 certified manufacturer
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Engineering Science Work Panel
Multi-position Work Panel for use with TecQuipment’s Engineering Science kits.
Simple Machines Kit Package
TecQuipment's Simple Machines Kit Package (ESB3 - Package) contains one of the Pulley, Drive Systems, Gear Trains and Centrifugal Force Kits, plus four Work Panels (ES1).
Centrifugal Force Kit
TecQuipment's Centrifugal Force Kit (ES16) demonstrates the relationship between centrifugal force, radius, and velocity of rotating masses.
Pulley Kit
TecQuipment's Pulley Kit (ES10) demonstrates the mechanical advantage of different combinations of pulleys and a simple wheel and axle.
Drive Systems Kit
Drive Systems Kit (ES11) demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of three popular drive systems: belt, chain and a universal coupling, using a manually rotated frame with a low friction cantilever linkage, adjustable masses and a spring to apply force.
