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Aluminium Gears

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27-07-2011, 20:53

Cory

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Re: Aluminium Gears

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Originally Posted by Redo91

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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