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Backlash from different gear types
Hey everyone, I have an application where I need to take the shaft of a geared DC motor (spur gear box) into a hypocycloid speed reducer, which will be my final output shaft. I know that hypocycloid gears have little to no backlash, however spur gears do have backlash. My question is will my...- kireEng
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- Forum: Gear and Pulley engineering
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permanent magnet as electromagnet
I have been searching all over for the answer to this and I cannot find it anywhere. If I take a permanent magnet, and I wrap a whole bunch of turns around it with magnet wire (copper) and apply a DC voltage to it, will it strengthen the field and/or flux of the permanent magnet?- kireEng
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- Replies: 9
- Forum: Magnetic engineering
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metal permiability
Hi, I am experimenting with a solenoid right now for a project I am working on. I understand that the magnet strength of the solenoid is increased by the core material's permeability. I am looking to use an iron core, as I understand that to be highly permeable. However, for experimenting...- kireEng
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- Forum: Magnetic engineering
