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    Gear wear rig design

    Thanks for the info, I'm looking at all the options, calculating the torque of the pulley at the moment and selecting my plastic gears so I'll have their spec to use for a further selection. I am not sure how soon I'll need to put out a fire but trial and error should do the trick right?
  2. Aciek

    Gear wear rig design

    Hi All, Below I've attached a sketch of the rig designed to wear down the gears. Firstly my project idea is to test the durability and overall wear of plastic & 3D printed gears however the 3D prints will be electroplated to see what difference it potentially makes. The idea of the rig is to...

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