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    Parallel Shaft Gearbox With Two Motor Input

    Great insight guys. Thanks again.
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    Parallel Shaft Gearbox With Two Motor Input

    My "customer" has no clutches in the design and I'm not entire sure if they are planning on driving with both motors. They may have it set up to drive with one motor and have the other motor be a fail safe. I don't have any information on the required output power. They just gave me motor...
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    Parallel Shaft Gearbox With Two Motor Input

    I'm looking into a Falk V Class parallel shaft gearbox. This will be driven by two inverter duty motors at 10 hp each. Would it be correct to size this gearbox for 20 hp times necessary service factor? Would the motors have to be speed matched to get the 20 hp? Seems like a simple question...

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