| Travis Covington |
13-08-2011 20:26 |
Re: Hex shafts?
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
(Post 1073036)
I should have guessed. They're among the few teams that can prioritize gearbox compactness, low part count and ease of maintenance to a very high degree. The tradeoff is that each of those shafts has to be set up on a mill's indexing table (with tailstock?) and a lathe—each with multiple precision passes.
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We have had all of our custom hex shafts made for us by a sponsor who uses a swiss screw machine. The most complicated part (the gearbox output shaft, with 3 unique hex sizes, 3 diameters, and 2 snap ring grooves) is made in one operation in less than 2 minutes per part. These parts are relatively simple compared to what these machines typically produce. |
