8 They're also huge. The Great Lakes touch Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Combined, the length of all five shorelines is about 44 percent of the Earth's circumference.
1 Spindle (textiles) , a device to spin fibers into thread. 2  Spindle (tool) , is the main rotating part of a machine tool, woodworking machine, etc. 3  Segmented spindle, a spindle consisting of discrete elements that can be assembled and disassembled on the fly.
All HDD spindle motors are configured for direct driving of the platters. That is, the rotating shaft of the motor and shaft on which the platters are mounted is a single, integral unit. This is in contrast to most electric motors, which use gears or belts to transfer and modify their output.