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epicyclic gear

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epicyclic gear [¦ep·ə¦sī·klik ′gir]
(mechanical engineering)
A system of gears in which one or more gears travel around the inside or the outside of another gear whose axis is fixed.


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Rather than a conventional epicyclic gear with meshing teeth, a Rotrex traction-drive system that uses oil viscosity to transfer motion between the sun, planets and annulus, has been adopted.
 
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