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helix angle

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helix angle [′hē‚liks ‚aŋ·gəl]
(design engineering)
That angle formed by the helix of the thread at the pitch-diameter line and a line at right angles to the axis.
(mathematics)
The constant angle between the tangent to a helix and a generator of the cylinder upon which the helix lies.


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The company is conducting experiments with orienting the holes relative to the flights' helix angle, varying channel-to-channel spacing of the holes, and combining various channel sizes, flight depths, and thicknesses.
of Alberta, Edmonton, recently ran tests to determine the rotor power requirements of an axial-flow combine and losses in Bonanza barley as affected by rotor speed, concave clearance, helix angle of the transport vanes, feed rate and crop moisture content.
 
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