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jdisimone
Jul 15, 2012, 03:30 PM
I have a stationary sun gear with 3 revolving planet gears of identical size and shape of the sun gear. When "X" torque is applied to the each planetary gear (drivers) does the sun gear (driven) need to be strong enough to handle "X" torque or 3x torque?