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gearless traction

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gearless traction [¦gir·ləs ′trak·shən]
(mechanical engineering)
Direct drive, without reduction gears.
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After the Otis Elevator Company designed the gearless traction electric elevator in 1903, the stage was set for the high-rise structures that populate cityscapes around the globe.
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Then came electricity and gearless traction, giving rise to the next wave of high-rise, typified by the Woolworth and the Singer buildings.
Otis: Giving Rise to the Modern City. (Going Up) by Winter, John / The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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