Module 2: Activity No.

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Exercises Problem on Gear Trains

Name: Gamboa, Ariel C.

Student No. 20151157958
Problem:
For the gear train sketched in the given figure, compute the output speed and the direction of
rotation of the output shaft if the input shaft rotates at 3500 rpm counter-clockwise.

F
NA = 20, P = 16
A
C DB = 2.875 in
B G DC = 1.125 in
ND = 38, P = 16
NE = 18, P = 12
DF = 2.25 in
NG = 18, P = 12
NH = 30
input output
A

D E
H

Solution:
TV =( VR AB )( VR CD ) ( VR EF ) ( VR GH )

2.875
TV =
( 20 () 2.375 2.75 30
1.125 ) 18 ( 18 )
( )
16 12

TV =12.14
n A 3500 rpm
nH= =
TV 12.14
n H =288.30 rpm ,C C W