AM FP Gearbox...feedback?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Justin M.

It's a forklift. It's going to move by a chain system, with a sprocket mounted on the shaft and also directly overhead. We're bolting the chain directly to the forklift, so when the motor turns, the forklift goes up. I was thinking about reduction, but the torque needs to be transferred directly to the chain "pulling power", not the sprocket on the other end. Also the chain needs to be somewhat straight, so the two sprockets need to be about the same size.

I was thinking about reducing the gearbox directly by using some gears or something...like a gear mounted on the output shaft of the 64:1 gearbox, turning a larger gear mounted directly to a sprocket, which in turn transfers the torque to the right place.

How many teeth are on the drive sprocket?

If you have 20 or so, you can probably get all the additional reduction by going to a smaller sprocket.