It is well known that the spacing of planets in an epicyclic gear set is an important "macro" design feature that is used to balance planet load sharing, increase gear life and reduce gear whine. What ...

The Epicyclic gearbox T he Epicyclic gearbox was devised in 1781 (as a sun and planet gear) by James Watt for use in conjunction with his steam engines. The concept was adopted in 1902 by Sturmey and ...

News Published: 15 October 1932 A Reversing Centrifugal Gear Nature 130, 573–574 (1932) Cite this article ...