3DDave, that's exactly correct. My apologies for the low quality video, it looks like the attachment got downgraded significantly.
Just saw your edits, yeah that seems like the way to go. Honestly, I think we should just buy higher quality mixers to begin with, but I guess we'll see what I can...
Hello,
Pictured below high speed gears in a centrifugal planetary mixer. They tend to fail very quickly, seemingly by slippage. I've been tasked with finding a way to make the system robust. Below, I've included a slow mo video of how the mixer operates, a picture of the gear that is failing...