Sun and Planetary Gears
Introduction You may have heard or read about a normal car gearbox, which consists of three shafts with various gear combinations on them, each of which is controlled by the driver via a gear stick to change ratios. In a manual transmission, this is the typical gearbox. When it comes to automatic transmissions, however, there is a separate system for shifting gears. The " Planetary Gearset " which has several advantages above a regular gearbox, is the key to the complete autonomous system. Nonetheless! Planetary gear sets are also utilised to distribute motor power to the wheels in Formula Student cars, particularly in Electric Vehicles. This gearset can be used in electric vehicles with both in-wheel and chassis-mounted motors. When did the Planetary Gear first appear? Planetary gears, also called as epicyclic gears, were first devised by the Greeks over 2,000 years ago to aid in the prediction of planet movements in the solar...