October 13, 2016
Description
This is yet another addition to our collection of fully-functional gear models. This one may not have teeth, but it ain't no sucker!
In a hypocycloid (or simply cycloid) speed reducer, a flower-shaped gear called cycloid disk moves around a stationary ring of round pins in a cycloidal motion, driven by an eccentric bearing or cam connected to the input shaft. Radial holes on the face of the cycloid disk in turn drive the pins of the output shaft. Hypocycloid drives are widely used in the industry due to their excellent characteristics, such as wide range of gear ratios, compact size, smooth transmission, high efficiency, high overload capacity, low noise, long service life, and compact design.
We tried to make this hypocycloid drive model as "skeletal" as possible so that all the inner workings of this remarkable mechanism can be clearly seen.
License:
Creative Commons - Attribution
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