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  1. CodeRed7

    Shims Appplication

    Hello, My plan is to attach a potentiometer shaft to a gear bore using a shaft retaining compound. The shaft diameter is 0.1248"/0.1245" while the gear bore diameter is 0.126"/0.125", which gives a clearance of 0.0015"/0.0002". Due to the clearance, I am concerned with keeping the shaft...
  2. CodeRed7

    Torque Distrubtion

    Hello, I had a quick question about torque. I'm using a motor rated for 100 oz-in to drive the gearing system. I have two loads attached to the gearing system, that each require 80 oz-in and 0.7 oz-in to both start rotating and continue to rotate. My understanding is that the sum of the...
  3. CodeRed7

    Shrink Fit Failure

    I am currently designing an assembly that requires a sleeve to be shrink fitted onto a potentiometer shaft. I am having issues with analyzing the stresses caused by the fit. I have tried using an online calculator, however no matter what I do I always seem to have stress levels that are too...
  4. CodeRed7

    Shrink Fit Question

    Quick Question: I am currently designing an assembly where I need to use shrink fitting to fit a square shaft into a square hole. I know shrink fitting is most commonly used with circular holes, and was wondering is it possible using a square shape? The material will be 360 Brass Alloy. Any...

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