Thursday, 28 February 2013

Sun and planet gea



Sun and planet gear:

Sun and planet gearing was a method of converting reciprocating motion into rotary motion in steam engines. It was famously used by James Watt on his early steam engines in order to get around the patent on the crank.

In the illustration, the sun is yellow, the planet red, the reciprocating arm is blue, the flywheel is green and the drive shaft is grey.

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