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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

What's the piece that's supposed to fail first (and prevent damage) called?

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What's the piece that's supposed to fail first (and prevent damage) called?

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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

The little metal pegs on a snow blower or a fuse in a circuit are examples I can think of.

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Mechanical fuse. Typically composed of shear pins or can be geartrain shafts manufactured with intentionally thinner cross-sections placed at strategic points. A plastic cog in some power tools serves a similar purpose.

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