Gearbox Selection and Calculation

[SAFA2019]

TL;DR

This post to share with you how to select the gearbox from market and what are the most important parameters to do that

Hi everybody

I want to buy a gearbox very near of the one used in the wind turbine

I need the input RPM to be 1 rpm and the output to be 1500 rpm

Please your support to can find this gearbox

 

[phinds]

What research have you done so far? What have you found out?

 

[anorlunda]

What are your requirements? You mention RPM. What about power? lifetime? cost? weight? size? efficiency? Your question is so open, we can't provide specific answers.

This paper discusses many of the problems with such gearboxes.

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/16248/InTech-Wind_turbine_gearbox_technologies.pdf

The typical design lifetime of a utility wind turbine is 20 years, but the gearboxes, which convert the rotor blades rotational speed of between 5 and 22 revolutions per minute (rpm) to the generator-required rotational speed of around 1,000 to 1,600 rpm, are observed to commonly fail within an operational period of 5 years, and require replacement.