Planetary Gear Set, Location/Task/Design/Function: Notes

Fig 1: Planetary Gear Set, Location/Task/Design/Function

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1. Planetary Gear Set, Location
   
   Three planetary gear sets are used to produce the different gear ratios. These are located in the mechanical part of the transmission as the front, center and rear planetary gear set (V, M, H).
2. Planetary Gear Set, Task
   
   Power transmission and production of different gear ratios.
3. Planetary Gear Set, Design
   
   A planetary gear set consists of the ring gear (1), the planet gears (2) carried in the planet carrier (4) and the sun gear (3).
4. Planetary Gear Set, Function
   
   See PLANETARY GEAR SET, FUNCTION .