Zahnraderfabrik Renk Ag

Renk Tacke Gmbh

Manfred Hirt

Heinrich Arndt

Eric John

A transmission mounting system includes a plurality of adjustable support units which are positioned between a transmission and supporting or reference surfaces. Each support unit includes a relatively yieldable elastic bearing and an extensible-retractible spacing link arranged in tandem. Signals indicative of the distance between transmission and the support surface are generated by a sensor and received by a control unit. The control unit effects dimension changes in the spacing link which compensate for deformation of the elastic bearing.

Transmission positioning system

Planetary gear train

A ship gear train arrangement includes a differential gearing between a main input shaft and output shaft and a parallel shaft with a hydrodynamic coupling (50). The parallel shaft connects a point (at 60) of the main input shaft on the input side (30) of the differential gearing with a reaction element (16) of the differential gearing. The coupling effect and thus also the speed of output shaft (32) of the ship gear train arrangement can be changed smoothly down to zero speed by variation of the liquid level in the hydrodynamic coupling. The ship propeller can therefore be driven at a speed far lower than the lowest speed of the ship main drive motor.

Ship gear train arrangement

A twin screw extruder drive system includes a pair of parallel juxtaposed output shafts each of which is fixed to a sun gear of a planetary gear set. Each gear set includes a plurality of planet idler gears which are only rotatable about their axes and engage both the sun gear and a ring gear. Symmetrically disposed about the circumference of the ring gear are at least two drive pinions. The two gear sets have parallel axes and are axially offset from one another with the output shafts extending through a space between the planet gears of the other gear set. In one embodiment each drive pinion is driven by a separate electric motor and all motors are electronically and mechanically speed synchronized. A single electric motor is employed to drive all drive pinions in an alternate configuration.

Drive system for twin screw extruder

A high speed gearing assembly includes at least two interengaged composite gears having spur or single helical teeth. Each of the gears is formed of three annular gear parts which rotate about a common axis. The gear parts are juxtaposed in side by side relationship. The central part of each gear is offset relative to its adjacent end parts approximately one half a pitch length. Each end part is approximately one half the width of the central part. With a ratio of tooth engagement length to circular pitch length, i.e. the degree of overlap, of approximately 1.5, increased load capacity, steady running and reduced noise levels are attained.

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Augsburg, Germany

Manfred Hirt