Cycloidal gearbox cycloidal gearboxes
Cycloidal gearboxes or reducers contain four basic components: a high-speed input shaft, an individual or compound cycloidal cam, cam followers or rollers, and a slow-speed output shaft. The insight shaft attaches to an eccentric drive member that induces eccentric rotation of the cycloidal cam. In substance reducers, the first track of the cycloidal cam lobes engages cam supporters in the casing. Cylindrical cam followers act as teeth on the inner gear, and the amount of cam followers exceeds the number of cam lobes. The next track of compound cam lobes engages with cam fans on the result shaft and transforms the cam’s eccentric rotation into concentric rotation of the output shaft, thus increasing torque and reducing rate.
Compound cycloidal gearboxes offer ratios ranging from only 10:1 to 300:1 without stacking stages, as in regular planetary gearboxes. The gearbox’s compound decrease and will be calculated using:
where nhsg = the amount of followers or rollers in the fixed housing and nops = the quantity 
for followers or rollers in the gradual rate output shaft (flange).
There are many commercial variations of cycloidal reducers. And unlike planetary gearboxes where variations are based on gear geometry, heat treatment, and finishing processes, cycloidal variations share simple design concepts but generate cycloidal movement in different ways.
Planetary gearboxes
Planetary gearboxes are made of three fundamental force-transmitting elements: a sun gear, three or even more satellite or world gears, and an internal ring gear. In a typical gearbox, the sun equipment attaches to the insight shaft, which is connected to the servomotor. Sunlight gear transmits motor rotation to the satellites which, in turn, rotate in the stationary ring gear. The ring equipment is section of the gearbox housing. Satellite gears rotate on rigid shafts linked to the earth carrier and trigger the earth carrier to rotate and, thus, turn the result shaft. The gearbox provides output shaft higher torque and lower rpm.