eChapter Name: Alphabet - T
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eBook Name: FARM MACHINERY AND POWER
by Ashok G. Powar, Vijay V. Aware
T bolt: A bolt shaped like the letter “T, the head being a transverse piece, which fits into the recessed under cut T slots, as on a table of a milling machine or planning machine.
T head engine: A cross section of an engine block resembles the letter T. Valves are arranged on both sides of the engine; requiring two camshafts and two camshafts drive gears. An expensive type of construction.
Tachometer: An instrument for measuring the speeds of shafts in revolutions per minute.
Tail pulley: A pulley at the tail of the belt conveyor opposite the normal discharge end; may be drive pulley or an idler pulley.
Tail screw: The screw, which operates the spindle of the tailstock on a lathe.
Taillight: A signal light, required by law to be carried on the rear of every automobile, and lighted when the car is driven at night.
Tailstock: The movable head of a lathe as distinguished from the headstock, which is fixed.
Take up: A tensioning device in a belt conveyor system for taking up slack of loose parts.