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Planetary Gear

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Planetary gear is an outer gear that revolves around a central sun gear. Planetary gears can produce different gear ratios depending on which gear is used as the input, which one is used as the output.
 
Materials Used
The gears can be constructed from a variety of materials including :
  • Stainless steel
  • Hardened steel
  • Cast iron
  • Aluminum
 
The gears are suitable for reduction of high RPM electric motors for use in high-torque low RPM applications. These gears are used in precision instruments because of their reliability and accuracy.

 

Use of Planetary Gears
These gears are the most widely used gears having diverse applications including :
  • Sugar industry
  • Power industry
  • Wind turbines
  • Marine industry
  • Agriculture industry

Tags:- Planetary Gear Reduction, Planetary Gear System



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