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Cardan Straight-Line Mechanism

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Bounding box
180 × 120 × 43 mm
Engine
3D Printing B-rep
Parameters
28
Published
November 6, 2026

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Parameters

NameValueRange
Plate length X180 mm60 – 300
Plate width Y120 mm40 – 240
Plate thickness8 mm4 – 20
Mounting hole diameter4.5 mm2 – 10
Central bearing bore8.4 mm4 – 30
Bearing counterbore diameter16 mm8 – 40
Bearing counterbore depth4 mm0 – 8
Ring gear teeth48 mm12 – 120
Ring gear pitch diameter100 mm40 – 300
Ring gear outer diameter120 mm50 – 400
Ring gear thickness12 mm4 – 40
Planet gear teeth24 mm8 – 60
Planet gear pitch diameter50 mm20 – 150
Planet gear thickness10 mm4 – 30
Planet gear bore8.2 mm3 – 20
Addendum factor1 mm0.5 – 1.5
Dedendum factor1.25 mm1 – 1.5
Crank arm length70 mm40 – 150
Crank arm width12 mm8 – 40
Crank arm thickness6 mm3 – 20
Crank arm bearing hole8.2 mm3 – 20
Shaft diameter8 mm4 – 20
Main shaft length35 mm15 – 100
Hand knob diameter20 mm10 – 50
Hand knob height8 mm4 – 30
Planet shaft length30 mm15 – 80
Tracing pin diameter4 mm2 – 10
Tracing pin length20 mm8 – 60

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