Planetary Gear Demo

thingiverse

PRINT EACH PART SEPARATELY The entire assembly serves as a reference to the original design, but the gears must be aligned separately. There are three planetary gears rotating around one central sun gear within four total components: the ring gear encapsulates them all. This project was created entirely from scratch with minimal reliance on any other software. It consists of 3 small planet gear parts and one large sun gear part, printed as separate objects that will require assembly. Printing all components in a single run will allow you to assemble your entire planetary system quickly without unnecessary delays due to individual print times for each component. Print Settings: Rafts: Yes Supports: Doesn't Matter Notes: PRINT EACH PART SEPARATELY Planetary gear prints can be done in the same printing bed if positioned correctly; avoid stacking them together, however, since assembled models have specific parts and positions required to operate effectively. If you notice any difficulty rotating gears once assembled due to a tight fit, remove small amounts of material from each part on either end. This small demo is ideal for engineering teachers showing how various gear ratios affect speed or torque. Students may print their components separately as I have here with no need to stack parts if done carefully enough around this ring gear housing all the internal planet and sun gears in place where necessary without relying heavily upon manual assembly beyond what you already possess skill-wise regarding alignment between components - so printing everything from scratch first then putting them together according to proper proportions really does not take up too much time. I, personally am a robotics team member and was drawn to the idea of making such a small planetary system since working with gears often during meetings inspired me do create it for fun and maybe future projects later too - so using the software helped figure out how make my entry simple yet engaging while learning more about different design elements. How I Created This: To begin this, pick your preferred CAD program Decide upon appropriate gear ratios taking into consideration factors like radius, tooth count to work effectively together for correct printing of gears. Using the Design Accelerator can also give you good insight in terms meshing which is what gives it its actual mechanical power Once these requirements have been established using whatever design software at hand - next simply CAD them all up as desired, assembling if needed during development before finally giving form life with real-world results. Results By completing this challenge successfully, your final project should display functional and assembled gear components where necessary like one "sun" gear attached firmly onto central shaft peg within 'pin structure,' supporting remaining planet gears encased safely inside housing of an entire ring gear component without causing interference while all parts mesh together correctly rotating in smooth synchronization.