The meshing of the harmonic drive splines slide in and out... not like involute gears that rotate though with point pressure (not sliding)
On Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 7:32 PM Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't the purpose of an involute surface the minimization of sliding two > surfaces? I would think an attempt would be made in the harmonic mesh. > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 12:09 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 at 23:07, Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Is the tooth shape an attempt to mesh in an involute fashion? > > > > No, because the motion of the teeth relative to each other is very > > much unlike meshing gears, and so involute is inappropriate. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > Addressee is the intended audience. > If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read > this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or > reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private > correspondence. > Thank you for honoring my wish. > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
