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Planetary Gear Description: Operation: Notes
- The planetary gear works as a transmission when the sun gear and the internal gear are engaged.
- The sun gear, installed inside of the pinion gears, and the internal gear, installed outside of the pinion gears, are engaged with their respective gears.
- The sun gear and the internal gear rotate on the center of the planetary gear.
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- The pinion gears turn in the following two ways:
- On their own centers ("rotation").
- On the center of the planetary gear ("revolution").
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