rolamite
English
Noun
rolamite (plural rolamites)
- A simple machine consisting of a stressed metal band and counter-rotating rollers within an enclosure, used in low-friction bearings etc.
- 1969, National Heart Institute (U.S.), Artificial Heart Program Conference
- This unit is made up of a rotary torque motor, a rolamite to linear translation mechanism and a metal bellows as a fluid pump.
- 1973, Eldon A. Byrd, How Things Work (page 74)
- Thus, many such things as virtually frictionless bearings, switches, valves, etc. can be constructed from rolamites.
- 1969, National Heart Institute (U.S.), Artificial Heart Program Conference