From the simulation I was informed that we can see the bearing loads and other things as well. There is also an option to integrate the motor control system to the simulation to see if the whole system works...We think in that case it might be worth it to go with a simulation rather than basic...
Thanks @mfgenggear! Yes, all the points you mentioned are important. We will try and do a full simulation, and then work with the manufacturer of the gearbox to make a possible custom gearbox for us, since off the shelf parts may not have been designed with the additional radial and axial loads...
Thanks a ton again, MintJulep! Yes, if you also agree that we can get the speeds we want by independent motor control, then I think we can proceed. Although as you said, torque might be up in the air. One of my other colleague suggested that we do a multibody-dynamic simulation of the gearbox...
@MintJulep I think it depends on whether the motor that drives the 4 shafts is in torque control or speed control mode. We want the motor to supply equal torque to the 4 shafts, so in torque control mode.
I understand that the housing rotational speed is coupled to the output shaft speed...
First of all, I had never thought about trying it with lego. I think that was brilliant,
MintJulep.
When you tried to rotate the housing counter clockwise, it worked right? You were able to rotate it, for example from 0:23 to 0:27 in the video?
I know I am asking too much, but instead of...
Hi Everyone,
After TugboatEng's and dvd's post, we contacted the manufacturer, and they are fine with such an application. For now we will move forward with design. I am sorry that I cannot disclose the full application, as it is a custom order machine and the client doesn't want the design to...
@TugboatEng I think this is what we have in mind. So in your experience/knowledge, we can rotate the gearbox around the D2 axis and transmit torque to the D1 axis without any problems?
Hello Engineers,
My first post here. We are in the process of designing a custom machine, in which power from a motor has to be distributed to 4 shafts, while the axis of the shafts themselves rotate around a central axis. I hope it is clear from the picture attached.
For this purpose, we...
