pic: Team 701's 3 CIM In-line 2 Speed Shifting Transmission Prototype

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Originally Posted by cmwilson13

he is referring to the cim gear closest to the shifting mechanism. not only does it carry the load of the cim its on but it will carry the load of the 2 cims farther out . the farthest cim will be at normal stress the second cim gear in the middle has the load of 2 cims on it and the cim gear closest to the pneumatic cylinder will have all the torque from all 3 cims passing thru it

Are we talking about the torque of the motor itself while it runs, or are we talking about the displacement the motors themselves causing a misalignment of the angle between the axes of the gears? If we are talking about the motors bieing misaligned due to their weight, then yes, we understand that the CIMs on the plate are very heavy all together, and since the transmission will be mounted directly on our frame, there will be also stress on the frame as well. We plan to design a support system so the weight of the motors wil be distributed somewhere else other than the transmission itself, and the part of the frame it is attached to, so we do not run into probems with warped, broken, or damaged robot components.