Showing posts with label gears. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gears. Show all posts

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Gear dispensing system

An indexing table with a pneumatic arm for "pushing" out the bottom most gear in the stacks. Gears are stacked one over the other on aN indexing plate powered by an induction motor. An OMRON proximity sensor is used for stopping each stack in front of the pneumatic arm so bottom most gear is pushed out every time the pneumatic arm operated. The top of each stack has a plate with internal gear tooth cut in it. This ensures only that particular gear type can be stacked in that particular row.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wheelchair Hub Gearbox

A planetary gearbox mounted inside the hub of a wheelchair wheel. The axle passed through the center of hub. Converted a single speed manual gearbox into a 2 speed wheelchair. A second handrail was connected to the center gear thereby stepping up torque. This second hand rail was used for inclines. The whole gearbox was less than 2 inches in thickness.