Firehouse

Mechanical Advantage Systems

There may be occasions when a fire department is called upon to perform a rescue involving a heavy load or removal of a victim from above or below ground. Mechanical advantage systems increase the ...
Firehouse

Mechanical Advantage Systems - Part 1

In the world of rope rescue, we use mechanical advantage systems really for two reasons. The first being a force increasing tool and the second, a means of reducing the weight of a load during a ...
PBS

Teachable Moment: Mechanical Advantage

A $12 million crane capable of lifting 78 tons is the machine we utilize in this engineering Teachable Moment, using pulleys and levers to explain Mechanical Advantage.
BBC

Mechanical devices - Eduqas Levers

Mechanical advantage is the amount of help you get using a machine in comparison to doing something with just human effort, and it is created by levers. Therefore, the mechanical advantage = 200 ÷ 100 ...
BBC

Mechanical devices - Edexcel Levers

Mechanical advantage is the amount of help you get using a machine in comparison to doing something with just human effort, and it is created by levers. Therefore, the mechanical advantage = 200 ÷ 100 ...