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Broken Gears?
Posted by ChrisH at 03/07/2001 11:13 AM EST
Engineer on team #330, Beach 'Bots, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA JPL, J & F Machine, Raytheon, et al.
Has any of you EVER broken gears or the pins that act as axles for the planetary gears in a drill motor gearbox?
We've broken our share of gearboxes. Especially dragging around goals with last year's robot. It just wasn't geared for it.
We did a post-mortem on every one. While we broke lots of stuff, the gears or gear teeth were never on the list.
I may have over-estimated loads on a transmision I was planning to build until they changed the gear rules on us. If so look for it next year.
Chris Husmann, PE (who builds airplanes, not gearboxes, for a living)
Team 330 the Beach'Bots
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