Talk:Cycloidal drive

message: Fascinating device. I'd love to know what it's actually used for, though. Some real-world uses would be a great addition.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.100.164 (talk) 21:49, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses? 

message: I came to this page from Wikipedia:Deadend pages with the intention of cleaning it up, but there's way more that needs to be done.  It would seem that a Cycloidal Drive is a means of shaft speed reduction, while a Cycloidal prop or propellor is another name for a Voith-Schneider drive.  The two items are not even close.  Also there is now an aircraft version of the propulsion method, see here [].  So I'm gonna write up the speed reduction, and point to Voith-Schneider for the means of propulsion. Scottanon 02:33, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Expanded on speed reduction, added diagrams --Petteri Aimonen (talk) 19:50, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A shame in the german wiki aswell :/  Greets n happy new gear to u all! --92.225.111.100 (talk) 14:14, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

text: The article mentions the ring gear and ring gear pins. I can't tell what refers to based on the diagrams. So the equation relating ratio to ring gear pins and cycloidal disc lobes is useless to me.162.246.139.210 (talk) 19:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with this page 

message: I disagree that cycloidal drives are non backdrivable. It is true that they have normal stiction and large torque ratios, and that the combination of these two produces larger than normal backdrivable torques compared with spur gears or planetary gears. However, unlike worm gears, which are inherently non backdrivable, cycloidal drives are easily back driven once a torque is applied above this amplified stiction torque. In this sense the backdrivable torques are consistent with Harmonic Drives, which also have large gear ratios and normal stiction. I have published a paper demonstrating that they are backdrivable. In addition, I have been contacted by a company asking why the Wikipedia page says they are non-backdrivable, since their own cycloidal drives are easily back driven. I plan to substantially revise this claim, as well as to add several other disadvantages described in my article (non-constant gear ratio, backlash, etc...). http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224739. Jon.sensinger (talk) 21:33, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disadvantages 

message: a good visualization   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.72.16 (talk) 01:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  link 

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message: Why nobody talks about it. i think this gearbox may be simplied and used bolts that connect its gearbox to motor as axles for rollers (that uset for output for standart type gearbox). I think its usable for inside a chainwheel gearbox in toy tank, mars rover wheel, crawler or legged robots Daniskun (talk) 01:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  ring pins output efficiency