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Published inNov 2021
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Ashwin Shah
Ashwin Shah
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Ashwin Shah is an Electronics and Communication engineer from India. Teaching is his passion and he started working at the tender age of 16 as a doubt solver for younger kids at after-school classes. Today, he is a successful edupreneur who runs his own STEM-based robotics, coding, and IoT institute - RoboFun Lab. Being one of the pioneers of STEM education in India, he has taught over 3000 students and trained 200+ educators thus far. He has trained 100+ teams for prestigious STEM competitions with 50+ national and 12+ international awards in the bag. Most of his students are now pursuing careers/education in STEM at prominent universities. Ashwin was a state-level badminton player during his college days.
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Understanding some important terminologies

Before we learn more about gears and perform this chapter's activities, let's learn about some important terminologies:

  • Drive gear: A gear that is connected to the motor.
  • Driven gear: A gear that is connected to the drive gear.
  • Mesh: This is when the drive and driven gears are connected to each other.
  • Gear ratio: The ratio of number of teeth of driving gear / number of teeth of driven gear.
  • Torque: The amount of force needed to bring your wheel into motion.
  • Gear up: When your gear ratio is greater than 1, this is known as the gear up mechanism. With gear up, your driven gear moves at a faster speed than the drive gear and offers less torque.
  • Gear down: When your gear ratio is less than 1, this is known as the gear down mechanism. With gear down, your driven gear moves at a slower speed than the drive gear and offers more torque.

Basically, whenever you need more power – for example, to...

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Ashwin Shah is an Electronics and Communication engineer from India. Teaching is his passion and he started working at the tender age of 16 as a doubt solver for younger kids at after-school classes. Today, he is a successful edupreneur who runs his own STEM-based robotics, coding, and IoT institute - RoboFun Lab. Being one of the pioneers of STEM education in India, he has taught over 3000 students and trained 200+ educators thus far. He has trained 100+ teams for prestigious STEM competitions with 50+ national and 12+ international awards in the bag. Most of his students are now pursuing careers/education in STEM at prominent universities. Ashwin was a state-level badminton player during his college days.
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