User:Boompa/GearBoxDesign
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GearBox Design Note's
These are notes basis on my experience and are a reminder of what I have learned and how piece together designs for gearboxes.
Process to a gear box
- You have a device that can use a gear box (such as a quarry).
- So far it looks like, each device will have a random output value associated with it. So you will NOT be able to create a bunch of gear boxes for all quarries as each quarry will have separate output values.
- A device will have an output value containing a column and a range of ratios associated with it (e.g. H65-H78). In the case of a quarry, clicking on it will provide the out values needed for a gearbox.
- The output value contains a letter A through H which indicates the column the last gear must be placed. The last gear is always in row 8.
- The output value also contains a number range (from the example above H65-H78). The numbers are percentages or ratios (in gearbox design percentage and ratio mean the same thing). In our example, we are looking for an output value between 65% and 78%.
- Once you know with ratio range you can go to the Gearbox Ratios page and select a row with a ratio value within your device range.
- Write down or note the Gear Linkage values.
- The linkage values display gear sizes and mesh connections. So "how" to connect gears, NOT where to place them on the gear design table (that's our job to figure out).
- As gears go from large to smaller (5/3) ratios go higher (maybe 100% to 120%).
- As gears go from smaller to larger (3/5) ratios go lower (maybe 120% to 100%).
- As gears stay the same (3/3) or (4/4) ratios stay constant.
- Goto Gearbox_Assembly_Table and connecting gears using the linkage values.
- Analyze option of the gearbox table menu to check the ratio (will display percentage).