Recent Blogs
Water Wheel (form 6) Mechanism Explained: How Gravity Buckets Work, Parts, Formula & Uses
Water Wheel form 6 explained — geometry, torque math, and a worked sizing example for a working tannery. Practical engineering from FIRGELLI Automations.
Water Wheel (form 3): Pitchback Mechanism Explained with Diagram, Formula & Calculator
Pitchback water wheel explained — how it captures head, sizing formulas, real mill examples, and tradeoffs vs overshot and breastshot wheels for hydropower builds.
Water Wheel (form 2): Pitchback Mechanism Explained with Diagram, Animation, and Calculator
Pitchback water wheel explained — how the bucket geometry, head height, and flow rate set the power output for small mills, micro-hydro sites, and craft...
Paddle Wheel (form 2) Mechanism: How a Breast-Shot Water Wheel Works, Parts, Formula & Uses
Engineer's guide to the breast-shot paddle wheel — how it works, sizing formula, real applications in micro-hydro, mills and aeration. Numbers, tolerances, tradeoffs.
Iron Overshot Wheel Mechanism: How It Works, Parts, Diagram, Formula and Uses Explained
Iron overshot waterwheel guide for engineers and restorers — how it works, head-to-power formulas, real mill examples, and sizing rules for hydro projects.