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Concentric Magnetic Gearboxes

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paul-gouldPaul Gould 10/11/2020 at 14:132 Comments

Before Cycloidal Gearboxes, I research Concentric Magneti Gearboxes. 

I made an improvement on the current design by drastically reducing the flux path length and hence increasing the torque handling ability.

standard flux path

New flux path

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3gfisch wrote 10/11/2020 at 16:43 point

really cool. I always wonder if you can make a variable gearbox with magnets..

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Paul Gould wrote 10/12/2020 at 01:10 point

I think that that has been done in conjunction with a motor called pseudo direct drive.

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