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For hundreds of years, millstones, hammers, sawmills, spinning mills have been powered by water wheels. Recently, there is a renewed interest in their use, both for their widespread diffusion in the territory, and for the excellent environmental integration. In the paper, the mechanical architecture of an old water mill, from water wheels to millstones, is described and the functional details of various mechanisms are provided.
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Authors would like to thank the Cavanna family, owner of the mill, for their willingness, Davide Massucco for having carried out the survey of the mill and Paolo Cavagnero for some pictures. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement “ECO.G.U.S” (#701914).
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Franco, W., Ferraresi, C., Revelli, R. (2019). Power Transmission and Mechanisms of an Old Water Mill. In: Carbone, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. IFToMM ITALY 2018. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03320-0_4
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