Some things just look wrong. This video is one of those things. Looking at the non-circular gear mechanisms at rest you would think that there would be no way it could turn and function. But the proof is in the video!
It also changes the speed of the driven gear without having to change the speed of the driving gear. If you notice when the planetary gears go to the larger radius section, their speed decreases, then increases again when they reach the smaller radius sections of the outer gear.
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September 10th, 2008
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September 10th, 2008
why?
September 10th, 2008
Why not?
September 10th, 2008
From the same guy, showing a more practical aspect to non-circular gears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqDTwP1a6bo
September 10th, 2008
Whaaaaa? That’s almost perverted in a way. Yet awesome.
September 11th, 2008
It also changes the speed of the driven gear without having to change the speed of the driving gear. If you notice when the planetary gears go to the larger radius section, their speed decreases, then increases again when they reach the smaller radius sections of the outer gear.
September 11th, 2008
[...] eye - but in fact these are used in a variety of industrially applications. Non-circular gears [via Hacked Gadgets] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Science | Digg this! Source: MAKE [...]
September 11th, 2008
[...] eye - but in fact these are used in a variety of industrially applications. Non-circular gears [via Hacked Gadgets] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Science | Digg this! Tags: [...]
September 11th, 2008
Many of these are already in use in automobiles for pumping liquids through the spaces in between the gears such as in water pumps or oil pumps.