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12.02.2026
A - Machines
Gear stages and their significance
Changing speeds or torques is a job for gears. They ensure the correct output at the gear output shaft, which makes them crucial in the design of machines and robots.
But what happens inside gears? What is the effect of the different gear stages? How can high torque be combined with a compact design? We shed light on the subject.
What is a gear stage?
Gears transmit and convert torques, speeds, directions of rotation, and forces. This is achieved with machine elements such as gearwheels, shafts, belts, rods, etc. There are single- and multi-stage versions. Multi-stage gears have at least two stages. The gear stages are connected in series and change both the speed and the torque.
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