December 27, 2012

Ancient reduction gear


Reduction gear mechanisms are often used to achieve finer tuning control for variable capacitor .The turning  ratio is 6:1


                                                          External  reduction drive


                                  

                              

3 comments:

wrhlamda said...

Its looks very compact . actually It's Looks like just a bearing .

what is the working principle of this type....planetary gears or harmonic drive ???

ST2NH said...

Planetary Reduction Drive, 6:1

see
http://www.midnightscience.com/catalog5.html

ST2NH said...

Planetary Reduction Drive, 6:1

see
http://www.midnightscience.com/catalog5.html