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Reduction Gear

(Template Builder) Driveline Components -> Reduction Gear -> New/Modify   Comprehensive Help
Defines a reduction gear. See Gears.
The dialog box has two modes: create and modify.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Reduction Gear Name
If creating a reduction gear, enter a string to define its name.
If modifying a reduction gear, enter the database name of an existing reduction gear.
Input Joint Type
Select the desired input joint method:
■Kinematic Joint
■Input Communicator
If you select Kinematic Joint, Adams Driveline displays the following option:
Input Joint
Enter the name of the joint for kinematic gear input.
If you select Input Communicator, Adams Driveline displays the following option:
Input Joint Communicator
Enter the name of the communicator for kinematic gear input.
Input Type of Freedom
Select the kinematic gear input joint type of freedom:
■Translational
■Rotational
Output Joint Type
Select the desired output joint method:
■Kinematic Joint
■Input Communicator
If you select Kinematic Joint, Adams Driveline displays the following option:
Output Joint
Enter the name of the joint for kinematic gear output.
If you select Input Communicator, Adams Driveline displays the following option:
Input Joint Communicator
Enter the name of the communicator for kinematic gear output.
Output Type of Freedom
Select the kinematic gear output joint type of freedom:
■Translational
■Rotational
Method
Select the method you want to use to define the kinematic gear ratio:
■explicit - Explicitly specify the reduction gear ratio (as a number).
■scaled off frustums - Select the input part frustum geometry and the output part frustum geometry (associated to the input and output joints). Adams Driveline calculates the ratio relative to the size of the frustum.
■scaled off gears - Select the input part gear geometry and the output part gear geometry (associated to the input and output joints). Adams Driveline calculates the ratio relative to the size of the frustum.
If you select explicit, Adams Driveline displays the following option:
Ratio
Enter the kinematic gear ratio.
If you select scaled off frustums, Adams Driveline displays the following options:
Frustum 1/Frustum 2
Enter two frustums to define the ratio. Adams Driveline automatically calculates the ratio using the two frustum radii.
If you select scaled off gears, Adams Driveline displays the following options:
Input Gear/Output Gear
Enter two gears to define the ratio. Adams Driveline automatically calculates the ratio using the two gear radii.
Invert output direction from input direction
Select if the output direction is to be inverted with respect to the input direction.
Active
Select if you want the reduction gear to be always active or just in kinematic mode.
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