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Gear-type flexible couplings are often used in diesel engine drive trains because they __________.

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Gear-type flexible couplings are often used in diesel engine drive trains because they __________.

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Flexible (gear-type) couplings purpose in propulsion systems • Difference between slight vs gross misalignment in a shaft line • Relationship between torque capacity and coupling design features (gear teeth, lubrication)

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• Ask yourself: Is a gear-type coupling mainly for alignment correction, overload protection, or power transmission efficiency? • Compare what would realistically happen in a long shaft line if there were gross misalignment – would any coupling be designed to tolerate that safely? • Think about whether gear teeth running under load would normally operate dry or lubricated in marine service.

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• Verify which option mentions slight vs gross misalignment, and which of those is more realistic for precision marine shafting. • Check if any choice describes behavior that sounds like a safety clutch or disconnect device rather than a coupling. • Confirm that the correct choice should match both: (1) realistic torque transmission capability, and (2) how a coupling copes with minor misalignment in practice.

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Question 1 of 20

Gear-type flexible couplings are often used in diesel engine drive trains because they __________.

require no lubrication under normal operating conditions

compensate for gross misalignment in the drive train

are able to transmit high torque, even where slight misalignment exists

will rapidly disconnect the engine from the line shaft

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Question 1 / 205eccefa3bacbc34ba4d47ced

Question 1 of 205eccefa3bacbc34ba4d47ced

Gear-type flexible couplings are often used in diesel engine drive trains because they __________.

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Gear-type flexible couplings are often used in diesel engine drive trains because they __________.

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