Dual pinch rollers are also used (along with dual capstans) in auto reverse cassette decks to drive the tape in both directions as needed.
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Variations in tape speed cause flutter, which can be reduced by using dual capstans.
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Another type of demagnetizer, the wand type can demagnetize anything that it is brought into contact with, including the tape heads and capstans.
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The sclerites are red, some being irregular and shaped like miniature capstans.
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Each gate leaf had two capstans, one to open it and another to close it.
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Multiple capstans of differing diameters vary the tape speed over a single stationary magnetic tape head.
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Later capstans were made entirely of iron, with gearing in the head providing a mechanical advantage when the bars were pushed counterclockwise.
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The heads and other metallic components in the tape path (such as spindles and capstans) may become magnetized with use, and require degaussing.
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The extreme size of the dipping lugsail showing in the picture was only possible with the introduction of steam powered capstans to facilitate with dipping.
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The tape coatings became sticky and shed oxide onto all tape recorder parts in their path, including heads, guides, rollers, and capstans.
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At low tide, the ropes were pulled taut with capstans.
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Vertical capstans use a vertical shaft, with the motor and gearbox situated below the winch unit (usually below decks).
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Ship and cargo were presumably pulled by men and animals with ropes, tackles and possibly also capstans.
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The deck where the seamanship equipment and capstans are installed is internal in order to hide it from radar.
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There are no traces of the former warehouses, although many of the old capstans and some of the hydraulic machines on the quayside have been preserved.
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