User:Boompa/GearBoxDesign
From A Wiki in the Desert
GearBox Design Note's
These are notes based on my experience and are a reminder of 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 and the Constraints and Meshing subsections of Gearbox_Design_Guide page.
- The Analyze option of the gearbox table menu will display percentages for each working (correctly meshed) gear. If gears are too close you will not see a popup display list, only a message on the Main chat tab.
- Once you have the needed ratio, connect/mesh level 3 or 4 gears to the needed output column (A thru H) and row 8.
- Once to row 8, select Analyze from the table menu to be certain the ratio is correct.
- Select Build This Gearbox from the table menu.
- If you select Build This Gearbox option and do not have the correct gears on you they will be itemized (gear counts, size, metal type).
Example 1
Quarry H65-H78 - using 69% output value
- From the Gearbox Ratios page - gear linkage equals (5/6)*(5/6)
- Table looks like:
- A1 - Gear level 5
- A3 - Gear level 6, then stack level 5
- C3 - Spacer, then stack level 5 (ratio value 69% met and time to get to column H without change ratios), stack level 4 gear
- D4 - Gear level 4, spacer, level 4
- E5 - Gear level 4
- F6 - Gear level 4
- G7 - Gear level 4
- H8 - Gear level 4
- Analyze to confirm ratio and build to get itemized list of gears needed.
Example 2
2 Quarry solution B441-B507 and F453-F507 - using 463% output value
- From the Gearbox Ratios page - gear linkage equals (5/3)*(5/3)*(5/3)
- Table looks like:
- A1 - 5
- B2 - 3-5 (level 3 gear, then stack level 5)
- C3 - spacer-3-5 (spacer for correct height, level 3 gear, then stack level 5 gear)
- D4 - 3-spacer-3 (Once we mesh a level 3 gear to the level 5 gear ratio will be met. If we place level 3 gear first we can drive to the needed output columns. Stack level 3, spacer, level 3.)
- D5 - 3
- D6 - 3
- B7 - 3
- C7 - 3
- D7 - 3
- E7 - 3
- F7 - 3
- B8 - 3 (output 1)
- F8 - 3 (output 2)
- Analyze to confirm ratio and build to get itemized list of gears needed.