What do I need to know to calculate torque through a gearbox?

colbtech Posts: 748, Reputation: 66

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Jul 10, 2012, 08:38 AM

What do I need to know to calculate torque through a gearbox?

My gearbox is driven at 3000rpm from a .37kW electric motor.

I require approximately 3 rpm at the output shaft. So a ratio of 1000:1.

However what do I need to know to calculate the maximum output torque?

Cheers

Colin

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