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  1. mechedoc

    Gear Design Software

    The US reps for Kisssoft are usually fairly responsive if you talk to them directly. Talking to them recently, there're some free and cheap training courses on their website - as well as a free training seminar coming up regarding the system software...
  2. mechedoc

    Accuracy of Flexible Shafts in Motion Transmittion

    My experience with the schmidt style coupling was in a lab setting with high torque, high rpm, short duration, impact loading. In that application it survived through our entire project - including the "calibration" phase where we crashed the platen in the table - but it really was only used...
  3. mechedoc

    Macro to Save, Print, and Close file

    Are you trying to save, print, and close the Excel workbook or another file (such as a text file)?
  4. mechedoc

    Machining Solid Carbide

    Thanks for the detailed response HGMorgan. While some of that information is available in bits and pieces elsewhere - you brought it together succinctly.
  5. mechedoc

    Rack and Pinion

    I think google is your friend on this one: http://members.tripod.com/kenoh_5/8.htm Remember, rack and pinion is still a gear system - larger pitch diameter means more motion per rotation with lower force. So - the motor you want to use and the weight you want to lift will determine the pinion...
  6. mechedoc

    gear presure angle

    Hmm... I've never seen VCD on a customer print, but without any more information I would be looking into VCD = variable center distance. 14.5° is probably the theoretical/manufactured pressure angle, from there the operating pressure angle would depend on the center distance between the two...
  7. mechedoc

    Machining Solid Carbide

    Thanks for the replies. Luckily the taper angle and gage diameter are correct, it's just too long - so we don't have to regrind the entire taper. The basic method of making the center pilot deeper, then wiring to length, then recentering was our original thought - but most of the suppliers we...
  8. mechedoc

    Machining Solid Carbide

    So, I made a critical error on specifying some cutting tools and now we have 30 solid carbide tools that have a taper that is 0.334" too long for our customer's machine. While the interim solution is to use adapters to make them work for now, long term that is not something we would want out in...
  9. mechedoc

    Potentially daft question on worms and wormgears

    I realize it has been a while, but I just came across this today. Another option would be to skip the intermediate gears and make the input a face gear: http://swissgears.com/en/index.cfm/treeID/411 Then you would have the input connected directly to the first output in mesh with the second...

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