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This is a mechanical engineering question: I want to set up two interconnected disks; one rotating cw 33 1/3?

turns, the other rotating at the same time, ccw 11 2/3 turns. Are there formulas to determine their diameters and gearing?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Your rotation ratio is 33.333 / 11.6666 = 100 / 35

    So the number of teeth ratio is 35 / 100

    So the circumference of the discs should be in the ratio of 35 / 100

    The diameters should also be in that ratio, say 3.5" and 10 " , or 7" and 20", etc.

    Or if you are using a belt, the pulley diameters would be in the ratio 35:100 with a half-twist in the belt.

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