| | 1 | = Gears & Gearboxes = |
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| | 3 | Goal: Learn the fundamentals and applications of gears and gearboxes |
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| | 5 | Here's a diagram of a gear: |
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| | 8 | == Basics == |
| | 9 | Please go through the following resources in order: |
| | 10 | 1. Watch this [https://youtu.be/uz436Ixbl-I Gear Introduction Video] |
| | 11 | 2. Go through this presentation from FRC Team 5256: [Gears and Gearboxes] |
| | 12 | 3. Watch this video on [https://youtu.be/H9_Llzcz2cY Simple Gear System Calculations] |
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| | 14 | == Advanced == |
| | 15 | If you're interested, you can check out these videos from Engineers Academy: |
| | 16 | * [https://youtu.be/k7Zu1QwE-uY Idler Gears] |
| | 17 | * [https://youtu.be/lWpQ1GZA2s8 Compound Gears] |
| | 18 | * [https://youtu.be/Lp3fhVhm2L8 Planetary Gearing] |
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| | 20 | == !VersaPlanetary Gearbox == |
| | 21 | When it comes many [wiki:Motors FRC Legal motors], we usually need less speed and more torque to make use of them on the robot. For [https://motors.vex.com/ VEX motors], we use the [https://www.vexrobotics.com/versaplanetary.html VersaPlanetary Gearbox]. |
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| | 24 | To assemble the gearbox, use the [VersaPlanetary User’s Guide]. You can watch a quick tutorial from FRC Team 4327 [https://youtu.be/txfdzPp0qQo here]. |
