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Gearing, Slowing the System
Thank you all very much for the response that you have given me. I greatly appreciate them. The torsion bar and pendulum ideas are my favorites. Thank you for taking time to help think of those :)- jlatshaw
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Gearing, Slowing the System
Thank you for the replies! I like the idea of a counterweight, however, I'm not sure it will work. You are right that it will slow the main load down, however the main load's gravitational force will cause the system to have a high velocity overtime. So the load will start to move slowly at...- jlatshaw
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Gearing, Slowing the System
Hello, I am aware that I can trade torque for RPM using gearing, however is there a way to slow down a high torque system with the resultant being a low torque high RPM system? Example: Suppose that I have a bucket of water hanging on a pulley from the ceiling of a room. The rope that is...- jlatshaw
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
