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Double Reduction-Reverse Gear
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View from above of double reduction-reverse gear that is a component of a gas turbine drive. This gear was purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Falk caption reads, "Partially assembled unit showing gear train and general arrangement." Male employees in photograph are L. Goreson and D.J. Feilbach.
August 29, 1967
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Reduction Reverse Gear
September 14, 1967
Double reduction reverse gear that was later purchased by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Falk caption reads: "Photos taken for possible use as glamor illustrations of Falk gears." Male empl...
Woman Inspecting a Gear Reducer
1978
Lynnette Hartwig, a Falk employee, inspects a gear. This unit was later purchased by the Wisconsin Bearing Company. Original Falk caption reads: "Illustrates "C" flange adapter on Falk type B doubl...
Checking a Gear
December 29, 1970
A male employee, Dennis Zastrow, inspects a gear in the gear lab.
G Series Gear Couplings
March 13, 1974
View of a gear test at Falk that is done to "show parallel alignment of hubs with unequal diameters."- according to original Falk caption.
Single Helical Gear
December 13, 1967
Single helical gear purchased by The Fuller Company and later used in Jamaica (as a rotary kiln). Falk caption reads, "Single helical gear, 260 teeth 99667 DP - 16 face." Male employee in photograp...
Marine Reduction Gear
January 11, 1974
Non-reversing marine reduction gear that was later purchased and used by Zapata for an offshore oil drilling service boat. Falk caption reads, "Nameplate reading: 3540 MS unit, ratio 5.276:1, engin...
