Bachelor's Area

Power transmission refers to the transfer of power through mechanical devices. The Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified, industry is comprised of companies that manufacture mechanical power transmission equipment and parts for industrial machinery. Products include ball joints, pulleys, bearings, drive chains, sprockets, shafts, couplings, and other parts. The market for miscellaneous transmission equipment is fragmented. Motor vehicle manufacturers were the largest buying sector, accounting for 9.2 percent of industry revenues in the late 1990s. Other significant markets for transmission equipment included shipbuilders, lawn and garden equipment manufacturers, nonferrous metals refiners, and the missile industry. About 10.5 percent of production was exported. Power Transmission Equipments in India can also play an important role, as in most of the areas India cant produce power, so they have to transfer the power from other areas which require so large su...