panurge
10 kW
That's very interesting. So, seems you designed a ratcheting mech and supported it by that bearing, nice.
I would get one for sure if reasonably priced.
As per Matt advice, the efficiency would be substantially improved. The concern is that with a powerful motor with a huge reduction (although a single stage) the torque is a lot: @7+ Nm peaks, my astro after a 19:1 reduction is capable to deliver roughly 140 Nm to the wheel.
There is also the lash question: the more radial play, the more you will feel a delay in the engagement, the more the ratchet impact will be high, generating a bigger stress than the torque applied itself, this should be taken in mind, because of the delay, that's not a good thing, and mostly to not have a mech that withstands the requested torque, once engaged, but could fail soon due to the lash impacts.
I would get one for sure if reasonably priced.
As per Matt advice, the efficiency would be substantially improved. The concern is that with a powerful motor with a huge reduction (although a single stage) the torque is a lot: @7+ Nm peaks, my astro after a 19:1 reduction is capable to deliver roughly 140 Nm to the wheel.
There is also the lash question: the more radial play, the more you will feel a delay in the engagement, the more the ratchet impact will be high, generating a bigger stress than the torque applied itself, this should be taken in mind, because of the delay, that's not a good thing, and mostly to not have a mech that withstands the requested torque, once engaged, but could fail soon due to the lash impacts.