lloeki
6 hours ago
Was wondering if it's ABENICS (2021), and it is.
6 hours ago
Was wondering if it's ABENICS (2021), and it is.
6 hours ago
Holy cow... Hobbing gears like these looks like a nightmare. There's going to have to be some backlash, or some precision grinding.
6 hours ago
Agreed. This design is going to be very very hard to machine precisely and very expensive to prototype
They don't even say exactly what they did or how long it took or how well the tolerances turned out. They only give the classic understated view:
"Many parts of the prototype were built from high-performance plastics with high machinability and stable properties because the components of ABENICS have complex shapes, which makes estimating problems during prototyping difficult. Construction from strong materials such as metals will also improve the capability of the device."
2 hours ago
If they could make this work in plastic, it will be even easier to get the tolerances with metal. You can also mold the parts.
an hour ago
Eh, they make precision stuff like this all the time. If they wanted to make a bunch they would first standardize the sizing then create production tooling for the grinding setups. Those gears would come out basically perfect every time.
The bigger problem is the output link is supported by the gear meshes. This means whatever load you put on it is directly supported by the small mesh contact patches. A more traditional system can have roller or ball bearing or bushing support.
3 hours ago
Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34160356
4 hours ago
(2021)
6 hours ago
What I find truly amazing here: an IEEE article where you can just click on the PDF button and actually read the article without hitting you head into a paywall.
an hour ago
Thankfully the open access model is becoming more popular, though I still find it insane that a lot of publishers demand a huge fee to publish articles as OA. I know they have to pay the bills and I guess it's better than ads, but they hardly even do anything anymore with online publishing and volunteer editors/reviewers.