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synchromesh

1. (of a gearbox, etc.) having a system of clutches that synchronizes the speeds of the driving and driven members before engagement to avoid shock in gear changing and to reduce noise and wear
2. a gear system having these features
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

synchromesh

[′siŋ·krō‚mesh]
(mechanical engineering)
An automobile transmission device that minimizes clashing; acts as a friction clutch, bringing gears approximately to correct speed just before meshing.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Synchromesh

in motor vehicles, a device for the unstressed and noiseless meshing of gears in the transmission of passenger automobiles and trucks. The action of a synchro-mesh is based on the prior equalization of the angular speeds of the transmission’s driven shaft and the gears attached to the driving shaft by means of friction between the engaged parts. A synchromesh consists of a carrier that slides along splines on the driven shaft and a sleeve connecting two friction rings with conical inner surfaces. The friction between the conical surfaces of the gear and the friction ring of the clutch equalizes the rotational speeds, after which the transmission is engaged without clashing.

The use of synchromesh for all speeds in a transmission (with the exception of reverse) provides easy engagement of the gears, eliminates the danger of chipping gear teeth, and lengthens the operating life of the transmission.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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