Continuously Variable Planetary Transmission

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This Demonstration shows continuously variable planetary transmission in a tilting ball type variator. Such variators have sets of three to 12 rotating and tilting balls between the input and output discs. The tilt of the axes of rotation of the balls is controlled by sliding the central idling cylinder left or right.
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Contributed by: Erik Mahieu (April 2013)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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A commercial version of the transmission described in this Demonstration is described in [1].
Reference
[1] Fallbrook Technologies. "Continuously Variable Planetary Transmissions—A New Technology." (Apr 29, 2013) www.fallbrooktech.com/sites/default/files/videos/Fallbrook%20 Summary_ 012213.pdf.
Permanent Citation
"Continuously Variable Planetary Transmission"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ContinuouslyVariablePlanetaryTransmission/
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Published: April 30 2013