Originally Posted by
lgalla
I must ask Al the man.When using ball screws is the pitch similar to gear reduction?
Larry, I must have missed this post somehow, smoke in my eye's.:devious:
A ball screw can be thought of as a class one lever where the load and effort is either side of the fulcrum (B.S. centre).
The load is pitch and the diameter effort.
So just like a lever, you can decrease the effort by lengthening the input lever (increase dia.), or shorten the load side length (decrease pitch).
Al.
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