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List some simple gearbox designs.

I need to obtain a gear mechanism which doubles the output rotation. So, I want to know the names of some simple gearbox designs which could multiply speed/rotation by 2?

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By Varun T Answered 7 years ago

Hi Nancy,
Any gearbox which has the reduction ratio of 1:2 can be used in reverse to obtain the speed of rotation.

By Mansi Singhal Answered 7 years ago

Two gears which have their teeth/radius ratio two can be used to multiply the speed by two, and vice versa.

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