Sentence examples for system of counterweights from inspiring English sources

Ms. Tierney and two others stand to one side of the stage, playing what she calls a "vertical keyboard" that operates a system of counterweights.

Thus, engineers thus used a complex system of counterweights, pendulums, and steel-truss girders to allow the bridge to withstand winds of up to 180 miles (290 km) per hour.

Aldo, our narrator, lives in terror of an explosion, "of losing control of the entire delicate system of weights and counterweights that had kept my life in check for five decades," a fear which is realized when the couple arrives home from a beach vacation to discover that their apartment has been viciously ransacked.

(Grode) 'Strange Tales of Liaozhai' (previews begin on Thursday; opens on Sept. 9) The title sounds accurate, seeing as one of the two 18th-century Chinese folk tales on display involves magic pigeons and the whole thing is being conjured by the puppeteer Hanne Tierney and her counterweight system of more than 100 strings.

Most modern elevators are propelled by electric motors, with the aid of a counterweight, through a system of cables and sheaves (pulleys).

The operating principle is a matter of counterweights & pulleys, arranged against the wall behind the basin.

Maximum moment of counterweights and cranks (in. lbs).

Lever arm of counterweights when at the outmost position on the crank (in).

An improvement of manipulator movement is achieved by proper selection of counterweights.

He pressed a button, and as a series of counterweights slid down the wall, we rose.

However, due to the additional load, systems with counterweights are too heavy.