Driven-Pinion Spur Gears?
Hi All,
I'm researching spur and cycloidal gear design for small mechanisms. The sources and standards (mostly horological) advise on using cycloidal gears for wheel-driving-pinion applications only, or where "the pinion is sometimes the driving member".
They recommend spur gears for pinion-driving-wheel application but I've found no concrete answer as to whether spur gears are also suitable for wheel-driving-pinion applications. This may be a fairly simple question, but I have yet to find it in writing.
For my own piece of mind, would somebody be able to weigh in on this? Are there any particular factors that would make spur gears unsuitable for wheel-driving-pinion?
Many thanks in advance!