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  1. kclement16

    Gear Wearing

    I guess it is rather hard to determine a failure mode, as I was not presented with one. A lot of the gears show around 35% wear, 55% wear, and one even shows about 76% wear. However, this machine is set to sense when all components have returned to their starting position. With this in mind...
  2. kclement16

    Gear Wearing

    Hello, I am very new with gears, but here is my problem: I have been presented with the task of determining exactly when a pinion/gear set fail. I figured the best way to do this was measure the nominal backlash and backlash after the components have been used. I have come across a rule of...

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