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Re: pic: Inside the torque multiplier
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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
This is a good question: anybody have a good explanation for an epicyclic gear drive?
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Substitute the word planetary for epicyclic. It's another word for the same thing.
The wiki comes through with a decent explanation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicyclic_gearing but it won't touch a good machine design book like Shigley or Norton. The Lindeburg PE exam reference book is the best explanation I have but I can't post it.
http://ppi2pass.com/ppi/PPIShop
Pete
edit: When you say it operates like an oil pump I'm a little confused. Do you mean it's like a gearotor hydraulic pump?
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Last edited by Peter Matteson : 20-09-2006 at 16:09.
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