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Re: Aluminium Gears

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Originally Posted by Redo91 View Post
Check out JVN's post about aluminum plate gears here.
I would be extremely concerned about runout in a high speed application such as the initial reduction(s) in a gearbox, if using this method.

The tetrix gears are probably 5000 or 6000 series aluminum which is less than ideal for any high torque situation.
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