Stumbled on to this, and thought you engineer types would really appreciate it.
Non-circular gears and planetary gear. [VIDEO]
Bill
Non-circular gears and planetary gear. [VIDEO]
Bill
Non circular planetary gears
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Jim Rosenthal
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Cute but what does it DO?
The non circular gears have been around for a while , just look at the monitor
There is no commercial value in producing gears sets of this nature, just a fun thing only
There is no commercial value in producing gears sets of this nature, just a fun thing only
Reminds me of a toy I used to have as a kid called a spirograph. It was a bunch of plastic gears of odd shapes with holes in them. You put a pen in the hole and worked the gears to draw unusual spiral shapes.
Does this effectively put a bigger gear into a smaller area? It looks like the surface area of the gear has been increased due to the shape.
Yes, sorry about that Randy, Im still getting to grips with this Windows 7 stuff, enlarge it to 200% & you can read the text on dwg- Google Kauertz rotary piston engine & you will get the basic function of the two 'pistons'...
In reality Im not sure they can make elliptical gears like the first two on Bills Video that would be 'quiet' & have the necessary longevity..
Don't remember the name brand name, but some years ago, I ran across a positive displacement flow meter that used a pair of oval gears as shown in the opening clip.
It was used to measure the flow of a fairly viscous (like syrup) polymer fluid. Like a gear type oil pump in reverse, flow through the flow meter caused the gears to turn triggering an electronic pickup that output pulses.
Interesting to watch the gears mesh as they turned. It worked well.
It was used to measure the flow of a fairly viscous (like syrup) polymer fluid. Like a gear type oil pump in reverse, flow through the flow meter caused the gears to turn triggering an electronic pickup that output pulses.
Interesting to watch the gears mesh as they turned. It worked well.
Here's a cool one: YouTube - Cube Gear
There's also a really cool laser sintered gear "sphere" or whatever they may call it that I can't seem to find a video of.
There's also a really cool laser sintered gear "sphere" or whatever they may call it that I can't seem to find a video of.
Thanks for referring me to the web search - why didn't I think of that? Dunno.. I need more coffee I guess.. Those rotary design engines have always intrigued me. But I can't help but wonder how they get them to seal in the combustion gasses for the long haul. Like the Wankel design seems to have been fraught with problems in durability.
Oh man - how would you like to time that mechanism??? Would certainly be interesting...
More coffee!!!
