What is a single gear train?
What is a single gear train? A pair of meshed gears is the basic form of a single-stage gear train. Figure 2.1 shows forms of the single-stage gear train. In a single-stage gear train, which consists of z1 and z2 numbers of teeth on the driver and driven gears, and their respective rotations, n1 & n2.
Can a gear train change speed?
In this gear train, the driver wheel gear has 24 teeth, while the driven wheel gear has 16. Since the driven wheel gear has fewer teeth, it rotates faster than the driver wheel gear. This results in a speed increase.