Cycloid Gear Animation and Customization

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Cycloid gear animation with FreeCAD and The Assembly 4 workbench
Adjusted various parameters to get a 1 tooth engagement and minimize friction

follow up to these videos:
Involute Gears
cycloid gears
Animation
Read infos at the links below for more details

Info on cycloid gears:
Meshing of cycloidal gears
Geometry of cycloidal gears:
Excellent Article on clock gear design
Based on that info: an online gear generator that reflect the British Standard 978, Part 2 :

Gear animation Assembly 4 tutorial
Mads Leth Danielsen

Assembly4 Workbench tutorial
Martham Engineering

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You can really see the friction would be much better, thanks for this video

JulianMakes
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Nice. Does the animation allow start/stop motion from an escapement? Or is it only continuous rotation?

stevesclocks
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Are the kinematics of the gears still correct if the outer diameter is not matching the other gears inner diameter?

lorenzl.