![]() Tim on Barcodes Enter The Matrix In 2027.Foldi-One on We Already Live In A Hydrogen Economy: Steel Production, Generator Cooling, And Welding Gas.Paul on Op-Amp Challenge: Light Up Breadboard Shows Us The Signals.The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren on Linux Cell Phone? Build OURPhone.jj ium on This Week In Security: Oracle Opera, Passkeys, And AirTag RFC.Gary on Holograms Display Time With ESP32.These days with advanced genetic algorithms in mechanical dynamics design one wonders if an appropriate program could reach some design best fit asymptote of the limit ie combination of cost efficiency variable range mass size robustness power – then spit out a set of 3D print files to make the components & explore it, even as a uni student project :D It occurs to consider the existing and rapidly looming state of the art in respect of automated design methodology eg design feedbacks mapping primitives on permutation spaces dynamics… The video reminded me of it, so thanks for posting this :-)Ĭurious on the one or general types in the video – any issues with vibrational harmonics (longitudinal as well) in large fast rotating machinery ? It had an on the go adjustable pawl arrangement so was continuously variable within reasonable range close enough to that needed for a typical car – yet was quite a bit shorter than a conventional manual or automatic transmission, I recall it had some (minor) vibration & wear issues at high speeds. Nice to see this from my eng days mid 1970’s as was touched on in engineering drawing classes – pre cad, A2 paper, indian ink, eek !įirst saw a “hyper” cycloidal pawl configured type drive in a patent some time in mid 1980’s by an Australian politician. They can have a hollow shaft, because they use three excentric cam shafts in the “planet” positions. They combine the cycloidal gear with a planetary gear. They make loads of these gearboxes, and they use a slightly different approach. I’ve been thinking about designing and making a goodcycloidal gearbox in this way, but have not gotten around to work out the details.Īlso have a look at Nabtesco. For this the pins need to be longer of course, about the length of both disks plus the height of 2 of those bearings. ![]() The idea is that the disks roll over the 8mm pins, and the HK0808 bearings are pressed into some 3D printed plastic or CNC milled wood or other. To satisfy both these, you can buy cheap hardened steel 8mm pins, and combine them with HK0808 bearings. The key to higher gear ratio’s is to use thinner pins, but because the pins roll over the circumference of the curve disk you really do want these pins to have bearings. One of the very attractive points not mentioned is that cycloidal gears are relatively easy to make with modest tools. Posted in 3d Printer hacks, Robots Hacks Tagged 3D CAD, 3d printed, 3D printed gears, cycloidal drive, cycloidal gearbox, gear Post navigation Not exotic or unreliable enough for you? Well, then, buy yourself some flexible filament and step on up to the strain wave, aka “harmonic drive”, gearbox. This stuff used to be confined to the high-end machine shops of fancy robotics firms, and now you can make one yourself this weekend. It’s amazing that 3D printing has made sophisticated gearbox designs like this possible to fabricate at home. Still, if you’re using any other graphical CAD tool, you should be able to translate what you learned. The video is partly an ad for SolidWorks, and spends a lot of time on the mechanics of designing the parts for 3D printing using that software. If you just want to watch it go, check out the video embedded below. Thanks, then, to for the lovely explanation of how it works in detail, and a nice walkthrough of designing and building a cycloidal gear reducer out of 3D printed parts and a ton of bearings. You probably want one in the shoulder of your robot arm, for instance.īut designing and building one isn’t exactly straightforward. Cycloidals give decent gearing, are relatively compact and back-drivable, and have low backlash and high efficiency. A cycloidal gear drive is one of the most mesmerizing reduction gears to watch when it is running, but it’s not all just eye-candy.
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