Digital Mechanism and Gear Library – Multimedia Collection of Text, Pictures and Physical Models

Abstract

We are presenting a digital engineering library – the Digital Mechanism and Gear Library (DMG-Lib). The existing worldwide knowledge in form of books, drawings, physical models etc. is mostly scattered, difficult to access and does not comply with today’s requirements concerning a rapid information retrieval. Therefore the development of a digital, internet-based library for mechanisms and gears is necessary, which makes the worldwide knowledge about mechanisms and gears available: http://www.dmg-lib.org. The Digital Mechanism and Gear Library is of particular importance not only for engineers, product designers and researchers, but also for teachers, students and historians.