Transmission element

Transmission element 1:

Gear units from Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG are specified in section:
"Gear units".

Transmission element 2:

Once you have created and specified a motion profile, you can select the transmission elements required for your application.
You can choose from the following elements:

  • Belt drive
  • Coupling
  • Gear unit
  • Gear rack

For information on how to add, remove or specify transmission elements see step 1 below.

Step 1

Adding, removing or moving a transmission element

Transmission element 3:

Once you have reached the Transmission element menu item, a belt drive with the name 0 is created automatically.

Depending on your, application you can select from four different transmission elements, as described above. In addition, you can add elements (1) (elements are numbered automatically) or remove elements.

Specifying the transmission element

Transmission element 4:

Once all required transmission elements have been created, you can specify the settings in the next step.

In this example (belt drive) the following setting options are available:

  • Diameter motor side
  • Diameter load side
  • Mass inertia motor side (including inertia calculator)
  • Mass inertia load side (including inertia calculator)
  • Efficiency
Transmission element 5:

Deviations from the setting options!

Please note that the variables in the settings area may change, depending on the choice of transmission element. The setting options listed under step 1 "Specifying the transmission element" only refer to the belt drive transmission element.