I am helping someone with a new project. He will have production volumes of 50-100 units at a time. The unit has 11 gears. 5 simple spur gears, 20 pitch, .5-1.5 inch diameter; 4 planet gears about 1 inch in diameter and 14 pitch, and a ring gear that is 3 inches in diameter. Of course it is...
We currently pin two concentric shafts to form a torquemeter. We use five pins around the circumference of the shafts. The pins are inserted radially from the outside. We weld over the tops of the pins to insure they do not come loose under heavy vibration. We would like to eliminate the weld...
