NTUT
Gear Mechanisms
F05
Epicyclic gear train (3)
c.1913-1929
Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd.
Overall: W x D x Height [306,205,220]mm
Cast i ron and brass on wood pedestal
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General Public
This epicyclic gear train consists of one sun gear, three planet gears, one ring gear, and an arm. The sun gear is served as the frame and the arm is the input link. This mechanism has one degree-of-freedom.
2006-11-01
[1] IFToMM Standardization of Terminology, 2003, Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 38, No. 7-10, Chapter 1.3.44, p. 776.