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Worm gear question

Captain Slow IRL · 2013-03-23 15:16:08

How do you calculate the mechanical advantage with a worm gear system? Is it just the number of teeth on the wheel? Does the amount of teeth in mesh with the worm gear effect it at all?

23-03-2013 04:16PM

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Captain Slow IRL

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How do you calculate the mechanical advantage with a worm gear system? Is it just the number of teeth on the wheel? Does the amount of teeth in mesh with the worm gear effect it at all?

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#2 24-03-2013 02:36PM

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IIRC The worm is always the input, so you divide the large gear teeth by the worm teeth.

So a 16 tooth gear and a 1 tooth worm will have a 16/1 MA, or 16.

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#3 24-03-2013 06:47PM

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Thanks, I got it eventually - wasn't sure what a multi-start wheel was at first!

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