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Re: Back for more..VEXpro 2014 Product Unveiling

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli View Post
The primary use for profile shift in industry is to avoid undercut in small gears. If you want to see severe undercut then look at the 12 tooth CIM pinion. Undercut lowers the gear's max load carrying ability and is necessary so the mating gear's tooth tip does not interfere with the root of the smaller gear.
This makes sense, but I don't think our applications are limited by the strength of these undercut gears. The ability to use different tooth counts with the same center-center distance looks like a huge advantage though, especially in the tooth range for pinions. (fun fact: you derailed a recent project of mine with this revelation)

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All of the Versaplanetary gears have addendum modification to minimize the planetary backlash and increase the strength as much as possible.
Just making sure: is this something on the new models only? Any compatibility issues with combining stages from last year with stages from this year?


BTW, I appreciate the openness to questions and details from the vexpro guys; it gives me a strong urge to buy your stuff. Good business model.
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