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Force Distribution in a Planetry Gear Train

10/20/2006 1:21 AM

Hello all,

I am working on planetry gear Box for the customer proposal and I am looking for some information on force distribution between sun gear, three planetry gear & ring gear for Planetry configuration (input: sun; Output: carrier, ring gear:fixed) that is difficult to find.

As I analyze, torque from sun distributes to three planetry gears.

Let Fs,Fp,Fr,Fc are the forces at sun,planetry, Ring gear & carrier respectively.

The force on One planetrty (Fp) = Fs/3
The force on Carrier(Fc) = 2Fp
The force on Ring(Fr)(Fixed) = Fp

I would like to know is above analysation is on right way & iIwould like to know any appropriate method of force analysis in differnt configuration like planetary, star & solar.

Thanks in before

Nagaraja

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Re: Force Distribution in a Planetry Gear Train

10/20/2006 11:36 PM
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Re: Force Distribution in a Planetry Gear Train

10/23/2006 3:38 PM

Also see this current article in Motion Systems Design, October 2006, pages 46 - 47, or on-line at http://www.motionsystemdesign.com/Issue/Article/38377/Planetary_gear_ratios_.aspx . By the way, make sure that you click on the thumbnails to see the drawings of planetary sets; observe the use of hollow ring-like planets to equalize load sharing & reduce backlash. You may be able to use the flexing ring principle; if you make the carrier a three-armed part instead of a solid disk, it may be possible to improve load-sharing by letting the arms be slightly flexible, especially if this is a molded plastic set. Probably trickier but still possible in metal.

The author of the article is likely an expert regarding your original question.

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