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Spur Gear wear

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Spur Gear wear

Spur Gear wear

(OP)
Has anyone ever succefully tried to use UV coatings to harden plastics gears.
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RE: Spur Gear wear

It seems like it might be easier
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what you are looking for.

RE: Spur Gear wear

What is the problem that you are trying to address?  Are you getting excessive wear?

RE: Spur Gear wear

(OP)
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

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