gear box for Denso throttle motor

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta

Who cares about the practicality or the possible future uses of this gearbox, for this motor.

I do - because I'd like to be able to use these motors for something other than filling up a storage bin that we have to upsize every year or two.

[Dr.Gusta]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

I do - because I'd like to be able to use these motors for something other than filling up a storage bin that we have to upsize every year or two.

I 100% agree with you. I was addressing those questioning the practicality of this project and not recommending features or design approaches.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta

I 100% agree with you. I was addressing those questioning the practicality of this project and not recommending features or design approaches.

Yes, I knew I was preaching to the choir in your case, but I also wanted to reiterate that this project is practical, and probably would be utilized by a significant number of teams if the cost point is right. There will always be naysayers, and arguments of economy will never resonate with people who have more dollars than sense.

[asid61]

For the record, I might use this or a variation of it to allow all of our veterans to design and build a gearbox over the summer. We have tons of throttle motors that they can use to test with.

[Certified Nerd]

My local high school team (5464) has 3 members that used to be on my team (3840). They won the rookie award but came in 56th place out of 59. I don't want to see them get crushed at Einstein, just creamed. They want to put wheels on their intake but they are a rookie team and don't have anymore motors besides the throttle motors. Given the incredibly high cost of going to internationals, they don't have any spare money. I calculated that the throttle motors, once gear reduced, should have enough torque to suck in totes. Thanks for the input everyone.

[Certified Nerd]

Here is the first part: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:710907

[asid61]

Looks good so far. How is that mounted?

[Certified Nerd]

I haven't decided yet.

[Certified Nerd]

Originally Posted by asid61

IIRC planetary gearboxes are tricky to design. How about just a simple printable gearbox for like a 1:10 or 1:5 reduction? I could go for that.

Yes, they are a bit tricky. I will explain in my next post why I am going this rout.