Re:The Möbius Gear
by mhb on Monday April 04, 2011 @02:19PM
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There have been several technical applications for the Möbius strip. Giant Möbius strips have been used as conveyor belts that last longer because the entire surface area of the belt gets the same amount of wear, and as continuous-loop recording tapes (to double the playing time). Möbius strips are common in the manufacture of fabric computer printer and typewriter ribbons, as they allow the ribbon to be twice as wide as the print head while using both half-edges evenly.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip