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A very cool style gear is a harmonic drive. It has a somewhat flexible inner gear driven by a cam which engages it to the outer gear. It allows for extreme gear
by roland35 7y ago
A very cool style gear is a harmonic drive. It has a somewhat flexible inner gear driven by a cam which engages it to the outer gear. It allows for extreme gear ratios with high torque in very small packages (think helicopter pitch control).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_drive
- abraae 7y agoVery cool! It looks like the output shaft has quite a bit of lateral movement, perhaps something like a Schmidt coupling (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:233667 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:233667) could be used to remove that movement and allow a fixed output shaft. I last saw one of these inside an IBM 3890 check reader machine.