Planetary Gearbox
Planetary Gearbox
Primary designer of a high gear ratio three stage planetary gearbox used on a distributed ganged drivetrain for a solar tracker application. Meeting difficult performance and cost targets while ensuring long-term reliability
Primary designer of a high gear ratio three stage planetary gearbox used on a distributed ganged drivetrain for a solar tracker application. Meeting difficult performance and cost targets while ensuring long-term reliability
Development Tasks
High level cost and performance optimization
Detailed load source and efficiency analysis for component sizing and motor specification
Gear calculations and material selection
Tolerance stack analysis
Design for high volume manufacturing & reliability
Design for corrosion protection
Prototyping and design verifications
Dynamometer and accelerated lifecycle test fixture design
FMEA, QRTP
Manufacture collaboration
Failure root causes analysis and remediation
Manufacturing Quality Testing
Environment Exposure Testing
Dyno Testing
Accelerated Lifecycle Testing
Automated Test Fixtures using Labview, Python