rolamite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊləˌmaɪt/

Noun

rolamite (plural rolamites)

1. A simple machine consisting of a stressed metal band and counter-rotating rollers within an enclosure, used in low-friction bearings etc.
   • 1969, National Heart Institute (U.S.), Artificial Heart Program Conference

     This unit is made up of a rotary torque motor, a rolamite to linear translation mechanism and a metal bellows as a fluid pump.

   • 1973, Eldon A. Byrd, How Things Work, page 74:

     Thus, many such things as virtually frictionless bearings, switches, valves, etc. can be constructed from rolamites.