Double Planetary Gearset

The double planetary gearset is splined to the output shaft.

The double planetary gear set consists of:

• 2 sunwheels of different sizes.
• 3 short planetary gears meshing with the sunwheels.
• 3 long planetary gears meshing with the sunwheels.
• 1 planetary gear carrier.
• 1 ring gear.

Fig 1: Identifying Double Planetary Gearset Components

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