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Help with planetary gearbox design
Thanks everyone for your help. I think what I was planning to design is beyond my funds and my knowledge! To achieve the 1:2 ratio, I will have to drive the ring gear and take the output from the sun gear. This changes the layout I had in mind totally. I do plan to get hold of a copy of the...- suren1982
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Help with planetary gearbox design
Hi, I want to design a planetary gearbox with a ratio of 1:2. the output will be used to spin up a 25Kg flywheel. I have read that it is possible to design a planetary gearbox that increases the final rpm, but I am unsure of the geometry/design to achieve this. This is what I believe will...- suren1982
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
