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    Planetary Gear Ratio Calculations

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    This document discusses how to calculate ratios for planetary gears. It explains that the number of teeth in the ring gear (R) equals the number of teeth in the sun gear (S) plus twice the number in the planet gears (P). It also describes how to calculate the turns ratio when one gear is fixed, using the formula (R+S)×Ty = Ts×S. The ratio is then S/(R+S). Constraints on the number of teeth and planets are also outlined.

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    Planetary Gear Ratio Calculations

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    This document discusses how to calculate ratios for planetary gears. It explains that the number of teeth in the ring gear (R) equals the number of teeth in the sun gear (S) plus twice the number in the planet gears (P). It also describes how to calculate the turns ratio when one gear is fixed, using the formula (R+S)×Ty = Ts×S. The ratio is then S/(R+S). Constraints on the number of teeth and planets are also outlined.

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    This document discusses how to calculate ratios for planetary gears. It explains that the number of teeth in the ring gear (R) equals the number of teeth in the sun gear (S) plus twice the number in the planet gears (P). It also describes how to calculate the turns ratio when one gear is fixed, using the formula (R+S)×Ty = Ts×S. The ratio is then S/(R+S). Constraints on the number of teeth and planets are also outlined.

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    Planetary Gear Ratio Calculations

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    This document discusses how to calculate ratios for planetary gears. It explains that the number of teeth in the ring gear (R) equals the number of teeth in the sun gear (S) plus twice the number in the planet gears (P). It also describes how to calculate the turns ratio when one gear is fixed, using the formula (R+S)×Ty = Ts×S. The ratio is then S/(R+S). Constraints on the number of teeth and planets are also outlined.

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    Planetarygearratiocalculations
    ThisarticlealsoavailableinSpanish
    AquestionthatIoftengetishowtoworkoutplanetarygearsusingthegeartemplate
    generator
    Workingoutthe
    toothcountsfor
    planetarygearsis
    actuallynotthat
    complicated,soI
    initiallyneglected
    tomentionhowto
    doit.Buthaving
    receivedthe
    questionanumber
    oftimes,I'll
    elaborate.
    Forconvenience,
    let'sdenoteR,S,
    andPasthe
    numberofteethon
    thegears.
    Numberofteeth
    inringgear
    Numberofteeth
    S insun(middle)
    gear
    Numberofteeth
    P
    inplanetgears
    Thefirstconstraintforaplanetarygeartoworkoutisthatallteethhavethesamepitch,or
    toothspacing.Thisensuresthattheteethmesh.
    R

    Thesecondconstraintis:
    R=2P+S
    Thatistosay,thenumberofteethintheringgearisequaltothenumberofteethinthe
    middlesungearplustwicethenumberofteethintheplanetgears.
    Inthegearatleft,thiswouldbe30=29+12
    Thiscanbemademoreclearbyimagining"gears"thatjustroll(noteeth),andimaginean
    evennumberofplanetgears.Fromtheillustrationatleft,youcanseethatthediametersof
    thesungear,plustwoplanetgearsbemustequaltotheringgearsize.
    Nowimaginewetakeoutoneofthegreenplanetwheels,andrearrangetheremainingones
    tobeevenlyspaced.Stillthesamesizegear.
    Nowimaginethewheelshaveteeth.Theteethwouldstickoutbeyondthelineofthewheel
    asmuchastheyindent,sothatthepitchlineofthegearswouldbethelinearoundthe
    gears.Thegeometrystillworksthesame.Ifyougointothegeargeneratorandselect"show
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    pitchdiameter",youcanseehowthe
    pitchdiameterisjustacirclethatthe
    teetharecenteredover.
    Thepitchdiameterofagearisjustthe
    numberofteethdividedbydiametrical
    pitch(largervaluesof"diametrical
    pitch"meansmallerteeth).Thegear
    generatorprogramtendstoreferto
    toothspacing.Pitchdiametercanalso
    becalculatedastoothspacing*
    numberofteeth/(2*),where2*=
    6.283

    Here'sanother
    planetarygearset.
    Themiddle
    arrangementis
    removed...

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    Inthiscase,the
    planetgearshave
    12teeth,thesun
    gearhas18and
    theringgearhas
    42teeth.
    So,applying
    R=2P+S
    Weget
    42=212+18
    Thesepicturesare
    partofa
    fasincatingly
    complicated
    planetarygear
    drivebyRonaldWalters.

    Workingoutplanetarygearturnsratios
    Workingoutthegearratioofaplanetarygeartraincanbetricky.Let'sdenotethefollowing:
    Tr Turnsoftheringgear
    Ts Turnsofthesungear
    Ty Turnsoftheplanetarygearcarrier(theYshapedthinginthepreviousphoto)
    R Ringgearteeth
    S Sungearteeth
    P Planetgearteeth
    Theturnsratioisasfollows:
    (R+S)Ty=RTr+TsS
    Example:
    Now,usuallyinaplanetarygear,oneofthegearsisheldfixed.Forexample,ifweholdthe
    ringgearinafixedposition,Trwillalwaysbezero.Sowecanremovethosetermsfromthe
    aboveformula,andweget:
    (R+S)Ty=TsS
    Now,ifwedrivethesungear,wecanrearrangetheformulatosolveforturnsoftheY
    carrier:
    Ty=Ts

    R+S
    Sothegearratiois
    S/(R+S)
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    Constraintsonnumberofteethandplanets
    Ifyouwanttheplanetarygearstobeevenlyspaced,andallbeengagingthenexttoothat
    thesametime,thenbothyoursunandyourringgearneedstobeevenlydivisiblebythe
    numberofplanets.
    Ifyouwantthemtobeevenlyspaced,butdon'tneedthemtoallbeinthesamephasewith
    respecttotheirteeth,thenthenthesumoftheringgear'steethandthesungear'steeth
    mustbeevenlydivisiblebythenumberofplanets.Thatis:
    (R+S)isevenlydividesbythenumberofplanets.
    Ifhoweveryouarewillingtospacetheplanetsunevenly,thisconstraintdoesnotapply.The
    anglebetweentheplanetgearsaboutthesungearishoweverstillconstrainedby:
    Anglep2p=

    360

    N
    WhereNisawholenumber
    R+S
    Thatistosay,theanglebetweenplanetgearsisamultipleof360/(R+S).
    Finally,here's
    anothercool
    arrangementof
    gears,thoughnot
    reallya"planetary"
    gearset.
    Ifyouplaceagear
    insideanother
    gear,withthe
    internalgear
    havingatooth
    countofhalfthe
    ringgear'stooth
    count,anypointon
    thepitchdiameter
    oftheinsidegear
    willmovebackand
    forthinastraight
    line.
    Thebrassrodinthisphotowillmovestrictlylefttorightintheslot,whilethegearitis
    attachedtorollsaroundinsidetheringgear.Thatgearisactuallyattachedtoacrankwhich
    keepsitrollingaroundtheedge,althoughonlythecenterpartofthatcrankisvisible,soit
    doesn'treallylooklikeacrankinthephoto.
    Photocredits:
    Ihaven'tactuallyhadaneedtobuildaplanetarygearsetmyself,soIusedsomephotosthatweresenttome
    byreaders.
    ThefirstandlastphotosweretakenbyBrianKerr
    ThesecondandthirdphotosweresenttomebyRonaldWalters

    Seealso:
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    Geartemplategenerator

    Cuttingplywoodgears

    Howtomake
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    Workingoutcompound
    gearratios

    RonWalters's
    planetarygeardrive

    Penshakingcontraption

    Makingrightanglegears

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