Gear Definition and 386 Threads

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    What Components Determine Landing Gear Reliability?

    hi, I want to find the reliability of a landing gear, shall I consider the hydraulic system as well or just the components of a landing gear. I think mainly we have to consider shock strut, turnion, tyres, wheels and braking system to find out the reliability of landing gear, are there any other...
  2. Z

    Series planetary gear speed reducer

    Hello, I have to design a series planetary gear speed reducer. I have to ask first that what is SERIES planetary gear? Can anyone give some detail about this. I have to design a gearbox with three stages with a motor power of 45 KW. Input speed of Motor is 2800 rpm, Max outer dia of...
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    How to Specify Replacement Spur Gears for Worn-Out Parts?

    This is outside of my area of expertise, which is why I making this post. I'd like to replace a couple of spur gears that have worn out, but am not familiar with descriptive terminology. How may I determine what gears to order? I want to make sure I order equivalent parts. The originals are...
  4. G

    Designing Engine Stand: Calculate Torque for 4000lb Semi Engine

    I am in the process of designing an engine stand for a 4000lb semi engine. How do I determine the torque required to turn the engine at the end of the shaft?
  5. S

    Epicyclic gear train- finding teeth

    Homework Statement A gear ratio is req from A/D of 1:100 and that it will be necessary to redesign D so that it has 100 teeth. Determine: a)number of teeth on c b)number of teeth on planet gears. This followed on from another question. An epicyclic gear c is the annulus and is fixed. The...
  6. S

    How Does Gear Interference Affect Gearbox Design and Longevity?

    I'm designing a 2-stage gearbox for a project at school (15:1 ratio, must transmit 20 hp, for a full-time 10-year minimum life). I've come up with 2 basic gear combos for my layout: 1. 16,80,24,72 2. 16,80,16,48 I've done all the calculations for each layout such as making sure that the...
  7. S

    What is the Mistake in Determining the Speed of Gear Rack E?

    Homework Statement The wheel is rigidly attached to gear A, which is in mesh with gear racks D and E. If D has a velocity of v_D = 5 ft/s to the right and wheel rolls on track C without slipping, determine the speed of gear rack E. Set r = 1.4 ft. Homework Equations angular velocity of...
  8. Z

    What are the essential components of a basic two-stage spur gearbox?

    excuse me,may someone list down all the gearbox components, i have some difficulties in finding all this..tq..
  9. B

    Answer: Job Hunting? Gear Question - Which Makes More Revolutions?

    OK, so I'm looking for a job! I have had the same mechanical aptitude test3 or 4 times, and I just can't find an answer to one question that I really want to double check, just to make sure I am right. So here it is; There are 4 gear, just to ease the explanation I will say them like coin sizes...
  10. S

    How Do You Select a DC Motor for a Scissor Lift Using a Power Screw?

    Can anyone tell me . if I am going to lift up a scissor lift using power screw drive by a motor, the highest torque is during lowest position before lifting so this is a maximum torque and the speed RPM is the speed i wish to lift scissor up with a turn equal to a lead of the screw? So during...
  11. T

    Driving a compact can crusher- stepper motor or gear motor?

    Greetings everyone, I'm in the process of designing a compact can crushing device for use on my college campus to crush aluminum beverage cans. The device consists of a 6ft tall x 5'' diameter steel tube mounted vertically to the inside corner of a residential style wheeled dumpster. The...
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    Troubleshooting Gear Pitch and Belt Compatibility for a Stepper Motor

    Hello all! I am usually lurking and posting around the EE side of physics forums, but I have a project that deals with a little bit of mechanical stuff (please move this thread if I'm in the wrong place), and the mechanical aspect of engineering certainly isn't my forte. To be as superficial...
  13. L

    Solving the Problem of Horizontal to Vertical Motion with Gear Design

    i am working on design of a machine which requires use of gear. I need to transmit horizontal rotational motion to vertical rotary motion. my question is their a means of getting the specific type and specification of gear am to use without calculating? if am to calculate how do i start and what...
  14. N

    What Really Grinds my Gear about the Dark Phenomena.

    Physics is unable to explain the acceleration of the universe and the law of gravity isn't as accurate and obsolete as they thought it was.. How do we react? Invent dark energy and dark matter to take care of the non-accurateness of our knowledge. It is very easy to adjust a formula by adding...
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    Finding equivalent mass moment of inertia for gear system

    Homework Statement Two masses, having mass moments of inertia J1 and J2, are placed on rotating rigid shafts that are connected by gears. If the numbers of teeth on gears 1 and 2 are n1 and n2, respectively, find the equivalent mass moment of inertia corresponding to theta_1. Homework...
  16. H

    Calculating Gear Ratios for a Bicycle

    hello, i got this project on how a bicycle operate, and my part is to calculate the gear ratios of the bike, so can anyone share with me the step on finding the gear ratio of bicycle
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    Gear Torque Basics: Questions & Answers

    Hi everyone I'm trying to write a computer simulation of meshing gears (actually its for a videogame), but my understanding of gears and torque is sadly lacking and I'm having trouble finding the answers to what I think are probably very basic questions. I apologise if I've posted this in the...
  18. S

    Axial vibration on gear box and motor

    I have a motor driving a gearbox. I had DE bearing of the gearbox replaced recently as pitting in the inner race was found. Before re coupling the two units, I had the motor vibration checked and found to have satisfactory vibration levels in horizontal, vertical and axial directions. After the...
  19. S

    How does the gear ratio affect the power efficiency generated by a wind turbine

    I have a basic question on how the power efficiency of wind turbine affected by the gear ratio. Suppose there is a generator connected with the rotor through a gear enhancer, a higher angular speed of generator is obtained. Since a higher voltage is produced, we may think that the power...
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    Spur Gear, Friction and Energy Loss

    For an analysis of a robot component: a Spur gear drive/train. How can I account for friction losses? I can calculate the torque, with neglecting friction. And what about the change in energy? I know power = torque*angular velocity
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    Which gearbox and coupling are suitable for reducing RPM in a generating unit?

    Hi, I have a elec generating unit. The shaft has a rpm of 15000. Need to reduce to 250-300rpm i.e. bring it down to generating elec at 50Hz. Could somebody suggest which gearbox is suitable for this application to reduce from high to low rpm. Also suggest which type of coupling has to be used...
  22. J

    Flywheel Momentum Exchange Through Gear

    I've seen several posts with questions regarding transfer of energy and momentum through a gear box. Following is a problem I'm trying to work out but I clearly don't understand the physics involved: A flywheel with inertia of Ifw initial velocity of ωfwi = 10,000 rpm is connected (assume...
  23. C

    Understanding Gear Profiles: Specification Process

    pls i need help on this one... i would like to know how gear profiles are specified
  24. G

    What is the output speed at 100 rpm arm rotation in an epicyclic gear box?

    Hi, Cant understand this at all, even modeled the set up with lego but still can't fathom it! I can't see how the arm can rotate with locking something. Cheers
  25. G

    Find the Component for 90-Degree Bevel Gear Rotation

    I am trying to find the name of a particular type of joint--I assume it has a name since it is pretty common I think. Imagine two shafts (A & B) joined at 90 degrees to one another with a bevel gear. With both shafts in a constant x-y plane, rotating shaft A will cause shaft B to rotate...
  26. T

    Worm gear CAN NOT selft locking

    worm gear CAN NOT selft locking ! Good day Sir, In the 150 tonne hydraulic crawler crane, to lifting the boom and load, they use pump to drive motor. As motor rotated, it make the worm gear rotate together. and the spur gear rotate too. So the winch rotate and the boom is lifted. I know that...
  27. T

    DC Motors & Gear Boxes: Get Ahead of Your Assignment!

    Ey guys sorry if this is in the wrong area; not too sure but i do mechanical eng and figured it was. Well i hope so lol otherwise i might have selected the wrong course We have an assignment coming up, (according to past year students that involves DC motors, gear box's). Wouldn’t mind...
  28. C

    Toleracing of center distance with internal gear

    Hi all, first to say sorry if the question is repeated second time I've order a couple of internal gears from Rollix as picture below: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5996/centerdistance2.jpg The calculation from them for internal gears with center distance C=331.494 (mm) Backslash at...
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    Gear train for torque and holding power

    I have a project where I am using a hobby servo with 133 oz/in of torque which currently has a 32 tooth timing pulley on the output shaft ard driving a 102 tooth timing pulley connected to a camera platform that has a 950g camera sitting on it. The issue is that the camera weight needs to be...
  30. Math Is Hard

    Reverse gear on manual transmission cars

    When I was younger I drove stick shift cars. Reverse gear was always all the way over to the right and down in the cars I drove (MGB and Jetta). I'm car shopping now and thinking about getting a car with manual transmission again. I noticed that some have reverse gear down and right, but...
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    Bicycle gear ratios for maximum efficiency

    We all know that there are several options of front sprocket/rear sprocket combinations that achieve the same gear ratio. i.e. A large front sprocket with medium rear or medium front with larger rear will produce the exact cadence at a given speed. What I've always wondered, is there any...
  32. S

    Rotation of Planetary gears about a fixed Sun gear

    This coursework question I am faced with is very specific and quite difficult to explain so I have attached the question. The writing on the side is not that important so don't try and make sense of it. The question asks to find the angular velocity of 2 planetary gears (which are connected...
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    Gear ratio question. ugh i'm confused.

    okay. i recently had a forum asking about gear ratio that has me so confused on the concept of ratio that it hurts. if you have a 40 spline gear and a 20spine gear. and ur power input is on the 40 spline gear. doesn't that mean the 20 spline gear will rotate twice every time the 40 spline...
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    Gear basics - changing axis of rotation

    hi everyone! I'm sorry if this seems like a really easy question, but... Suppose I have a device in which manually rotating gear A clockwise causes gear B to rotate clockwise. If gear A and gear B are at a weird angle to each other (say 35 degrees), what sort of intermediate parts could I use...
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    What motor and gearbox combination is needed for pulling a sled over 3 days?

    Hi All, I have a project which involves pulling a sled (wheeled, on rails - low friction) weighing approximately 15kgs over a set distance and time. The distance is approx 60cms and the duration is 3 days. To minimise cost I intend to anchor a motor(ac or dc)/gearbox combination and use a...
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    How Does Gear Shifting Impact Speed in Race Cars?

    Hey I have a assignment to produce a excel work book to calculate acceleration time and top speeds for different gear ratios in race cars. I have so far work out time to accelerate to top speed, but I want to add a bit more detail to my graphs by showing the speed loss during gear changes...
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    Net torque Problem in gear system

    If I have a gear system that consist of 2 gears that are meshed together the first has 16 teeth which is the driver and the 2nd has 36 teeths which is the follower, power transmitted by the driver equal to 5 kw and the driver is rotating at 30 rps and has a known diameter, the usual way to...
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    Drive Line Out Of Gear Correction

    I am working on a vehicle based computer game. The focus right now is to get the internal physics of each drive line component as physically correct as possible. Since a few weeks, I am stuck with a problem that I cannot get past by myself. I have narrowed it down to a specific issue. It should...
  39. M

    Solving Gear Pump Cavi Mystery - No Priming Needed

    gear pump cavi ? well dear all we know that gear pump is a positive desplacement pump which has constant dioscharge at different loads my problem is i need an explanation to this sitiuation " from 1 month at my work i found a breakdown of lubricating pump used to pump oil on a bearing it...
  40. A

    Refreshing gear ratio and total inertia

    Suppose we've got the setup as shown in the figure (see attachment). The idea is that the motor transfers its speed and force (rotary) to the actuator force and speed (linear) via some gears and a spindle. Here: R = radius [m] J = inertia [kg m^2] n = rotary to linear transmission [---]...
  41. J

    Designing a clock, stuck on gear reductions

    A few weeks ago, I decided to challenge myself, and design a wooden pendulum clock. It's been loads of fun, especially the hard parts. One such hard part prompted me to make this thread. Here is the problem: Like any regular clock, The hour, minute and second hands are on the same axis...
  42. T

    Horizontal Gear with Upward Pointing Teeth: Myth or Reality?

    is there such thing as a gear that when laid horizontally has teeth that point up intead of out or in?
  43. T

    How can i speed up a 20:1 worm gear

    i have a 20:1 worm gear but would like to lower the ratio as much as possible. what can i do to lower the ratio? the lower the better
  44. S

    Can Worm Gear & Helical Gear Move?

    Can a worm gear that's attached to a helical gear (so that the helical gear is locked, but the worm gear isn't) go backwards and forwards?
  45. C

    Locking a Spur Gear: Easy Ways to Secure Gears

    What's an easy way to lock a spur gear in place?
  46. S

    What Are the Largest Gear Ratios Possible for a Steam Turbine System?

    Hi, I'm new to the site so I hope I'm in the right place, I have a question regarding gears for a project that I am working on at uni. I'm designing a building which has a steam driven turbine at the base, what I want to have is levels above which are attached to the same axle as the turbine...
  47. S

    Design Large Spur Gear - 44in CNC Shop Bot

    Hi, I am new to this forum so forgive if i am mis posting or multi posting. I am in the process of designing a 44 inch gear to cut on my shop bot cnc machine. I have been up and down calculations but i end up with tiny teeth and can not find the right formulae to calculate an oversize spur gear...
  48. N

    Spur gear selection for parallel shafts

    Hi, I have a DC motor with 4mm diameter shaft, flat tip. How can I attach a 12 teeth pinion to this drive shaft?. I have been loking for pinions and gears on the web but they don't specify how are they attached to a shaft, as there are round shafts and flat tip shafts. Do I have to ask for...
  49. D

    Love Sci-Fi? Discuss Metal Gear Solid Games

    Does anybody else love science fiction? Does it involve bipedal machines? Did you really like all of the Metal Gear Solid games? I ditto all of the above! But one question strikes me (besides asking myself if Hal Emerich scientific lingo actually makes sense) how will we power these...
  50. L

    Gear ratio and power output in a car

    I'm a bit confused about power output and gear ratios. I think it's best to explain by going by my example (imperical units, sorry Americas & Brits): Mass: 1300kg max. power: 128 kW @ 5500 rpm max. torque: 245 Nm Gear ratios (from a slightly different car type, but should be similar): 1st...
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