Sep 2, 2003 #1 HughG Mechanical Joined Sep 2, 2003 Messages 5 Location GB Has anyone ever succefully tried to use UV coatings to harden plastics gears.
Sep 3, 2003 #2 diamondjim Mechanical Joined Jul 30, 2000 Messages 992 Location US It seems like it might be easier to spec a better plastic to achieve what you are looking for. Upvote 0 Downvote
Sep 3, 2003 #3 Spurs Mechanical Joined Nov 7, 2002 Messages 297 Location CA What is the problem that you are trying to address? Are you getting excessive wear? Upvote 0 Downvote
Sep 5, 2003 Thread starter #4 HughG Mechanical Joined Sep 2, 2003 Messages 5 Location GB The gear is wearing cauing debris which is then causing stepper motor speed resonaces. I know that I can select many palstics, but just wondered if anyone had experince with UV hardcoating for gears Upvote 0 Downvote
The gear is wearing cauing debris which is then causing stepper motor speed resonaces. I know that I can select many palstics, but just wondered if anyone had experince with UV hardcoating for gears