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  "disco con espiral frontal (caracol)",
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   "A Ø104 × 6 disc with one raised Archimedean spiral rib on its face: radial pitch p = π m = 4.71 mm, from radius 30 to 48.85 (4 turns), Ø8 bore. The rib's radial section is the basic rack of module 1.5 (20° flanks, πm/2 thick at its pitch height 1.88 mm above the face, top at 3.38 mm): seen by a toothed part standing over the face, the rib is a rack that advances p per turn of the disc — a worm unrolled onto a face.",
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