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Trying to determine best way to improve gear performance
3DDave, that's exactly correct. My apologies for the low quality video, it looks like the attachment got downgraded significantly. Just saw your edits, yeah that seems like the way to go. Honestly, I think we should just buy higher quality mixers to begin with, but I guess we'll see what I can...- stapler2
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Trying to determine best way to improve gear performance
The teeth seem to be slipping past each other. The gear is free to move up and down on its axle and is limited by the placement of the other gears.- stapler2
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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Trying to determine best way to improve gear performance
Hello, Pictured below high speed gears in a centrifugal planetary mixer. They tend to fail very quickly, seemingly by slippage. I've been tasked with finding a way to make the system robust. Below, I've included a slow mo video of how the mixer operates, a picture of the gear that is failing...- stapler2
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
