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Re: Calculating Linear Force from Motor Torque?

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Originally Posted by ksafin View Post
Right now we have it set up such that the motor has an 80 tooth gear, turning a 40 tooth gear, which is on the same axle as a rack and pinion gear (32 tooth I believe).
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Correct. Don't forget that free speed will be halved by that ratio as well.

For a Given gear ratio N, To = N*Ti and wo = wi/N.

To = output Torque
Ti = input Torque

wo = output speed
wi = input speed
If I am understanding the set up properly, I believe this would have the opposite effect. The set up described has an 80 tooth gear on the motor and a 40 tooth gear being driven, which results in double the speed but half the torque. Using the equations above, isn't N = 0.5?
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