What they don’t teach you about polymer gears in engineering school

October 30, 2017

Gears, especially in open gearing applications, share a set of well-known performance problems that crop up again and again across many different applications. The most common ones include excessive noise, vibration, heat, weight, and corrosion. Gears also tend to be either over-lubricated or subject to wear, which respectively causes contamination from grease or metal particles.

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whitePaper | April 1, 2021

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whitePaper | May 1, 2021

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whitePaper | April 30, 2021

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