SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL REVIEW
Development of CYCLO®6000# Series
Akira YAMAMOTO
CYCLO®6000# Series
The CYCLO® Drive is a K-H-V type of power transmission system combining an internal planetary gearing mechanism and an even-speed internal gearing mechanism. With the high performance and reliability, more than 10 million units of the CYCLO® Drives have been produced. To meet the market requirement for diversification and higher performance, we have additionally developed the 6000# series of the CYCLO® Drive with a view to the following three features.
1) Further downsizing and weight reduction to address smaller and lighter design of the entire equipment using the reducer
2) Increased efficiency to respond to the market need for energy saving
3) Reduced noise to allow use in an environment close to humans
This report describes an overview of the new development and the technological keys to achieve these purposes.