Technical Guides
Cylindrical Technopolymer Gears
Everything about spur gears: center distances, mating, operating backlash, calculations, lubrication and assembly.
- Design Transmission ratio in technopolymer gears: calculation and choice of tooth count Mathematical calculation of the reduction ratio and geometric constraints on minimum tooth count to prevent kinematic interference.Read more
- Calculators Torque, power and rotation speed calculator Calculate the torque, power and rotation speed of a shaft from any two values.
- Design Backlash and pairings in technopolymer gears Methods for geometric backlash calculation to compensate for volume changes caused by thermal fluctuations and hygroscopic absorption.Read more
- Materials The quietness of technopolymer gears Physics of vibrational damping in polymers and technical reasons for their use in the medical, automation, and electronics sectors.Read more
- Calculators Spur gear center distance calculator Calculate the nominal zero-backlash center distance of a pair of spur gears, along with the module, reference, tip, root and base diameters, gear ratio and speeds.
- Advanced Case study: designing a reduction with 62.5 mm center distance Practical application of standardized modules to achieve integer tooth counts while strictly respecting a fixed, binding center distance.Read more