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# Case 20: Integrated 50 mm BLDC Joint Actuator
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## Classification
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Product-level kinematic assembly. The actuator contains separately manufactured
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electrical, magnetic, bearing, gear, housing, and output parts. The fixed housing
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is the ground; the rotor, two carriers, and six planets are rotating components.
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## Design Intent
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- Fit a real inner-rotor brushless motor, a 20:1 reducer, a circular controller
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PCB, and serviceable wiring terminals into one coaxial 50 mm package.
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- Eliminate the separate motor-to-reducer coupler. The rotor shaft and stage-1
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sun are one steel solid.
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- Preserve a short load path from the output flange through two adjacent output
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bearings into a separate front bearing cap.
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- Keep the stator and both ring gears as replaceable press-fit inserts instead of
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hiding them inside an impossible one-piece enclosure.
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- Reserve rear-facing connector apertures and PCB mounting holes so electronics
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are not represented by an empty cosmetic volume.
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## Envelope And Performance
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| Item | Value |
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| Motor / housing outside diameter | 50.0 mm |
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| Structural axial envelope | 75.8 mm |
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| Terminal protrusion included | 77.3 mm |
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| Motor topology | 12-slot / 14-pole inner rotor |
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| Stator active length | 16.0 mm |
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| Rotor magnetic length | 17.5 mm |
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| Radial air gap | 0.30 mm |
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| Stage 1 | 15/15/45 teeth, 4:1 |
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| Stage 2 | 18/27/72 teeth, 5:1 |
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| Total reduction | 20:1 |
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| Reducer housing minimum cylindrical wall | 2.20 mm |
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The two stages intentionally use different modules. Stage 1 uses module 0.80 to
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leave enough root section around the 8 mm direct-drive shaft. Stage 2 uses module
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0.55 to fit the 72-tooth, 5:1 ring inside the 50 mm housing. Both tooth sets obey
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the three-planet equal-spacing condition `(sun teeth + ring teeth) mod 3 = 0`.
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## Bill Of Materials
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| Part / subassembly | Manufacturing intent | Material / connection |
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| Main reducer housing | One machined fixed part | 6061-T6 aluminum |
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| Motor shell | One machined fixed part | 6061-T6, six M3 front screws |
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| Rear bearing spider | Separate machined part | 7075-T6, four M2.5 screws |
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| Rear electronics cover | Separate machined part with PCB bosses | 6061-T6, four M2.5 screws |
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| Output bearing cap | Separate machined part | 7075-T6, six M3 screws |
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| Stator core | 12-slot laminated stack | Electrical steel, thermal press fit |
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| Windings | Twelve separately represented coil packs | Copper, varnish/potting retained |
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| Rotor shaft + stage-1 sun | One integrated machined solid | Hardened alloy steel |
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| Rotor magnets | Fourteen bonded inserts | NdFeB |
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| PCB | Circular controller board with real holes/notches | FR-4/copper |
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| Phase terminal | Three-position rear-access terminal | High-temperature polymer |
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| Power/CAN terminal | Four-position rear-access terminal | High-temperature polymer |
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| Fixed ring gears | Two replaceable press-fit inserts | Case-hardened steel |
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| Planet gears | Six gears with standard bearing seats | Case-hardened steel |
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| Stage-1 carrier + stage-2 sun | One integrated interstage part | 7075 carrier / modeled as steel-duty part |
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| Output carrier + flange | One integrated output part | 7075-T6 aluminum |
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| Motor bearings | 8x16x5 and 8x19x6 | Standard ball bearings |
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| Interstage bearing | 5x10x3 | Thin radial ball bearing in fixed divider |
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| Planet bearings | Six 3x6x3 bearings | Standard ball bearings |
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| Output bearings | Two 16x24x5 bearings | Standard ball bearings |
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Fasteners are represented by matching holes and documented interfaces rather
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than individual screw solids. This keeps the graph focused while retaining
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manufacturable attachment geometry.
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## Interface Table
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| Constraint / interface | Motion meaning | Real connection | Geometry and clearance |
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| `motor_shell_to_reducer_housing` | Fixed | Six M3 screws | 43.0 mm PCD, 3.2 mm holes |
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| `rear_spider_to_motor_shell` | Fixed | Four M2.5 screws | 40.6 mm PCD, 2.7 mm holes; face-to-face column/spider joint |
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| `rear_cover_to_motor_shell` | Fixed | Four M2.5 screws | Shared rear columns and holes |
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| `stator_to_motor_shell` | Fixed | Thermal press fit + potting | Nominal line-to-line CAD fit; tolerance sets interference |
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| `electronics_to_rear_cover` | Fixed | Four M2 PCB screws | 33.0 mm PCD and integrated standoffs |
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| `rotor_revolute` | Motor input rotation | Front/rear radial bearings | 8 mm shaft, 0.30 mm magnetic air gap |
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| `stage1_ring_fixed` | Fixed ring | Interference fit and axial clamp | 0.04 mm diametral modeled interference |
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| `stage1_carrier_revolute` | First reduction output | 5x10x3 radial bearing | Integrated 5 mm stage-2 sun shaft |
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| `stage2_ring_fixed` | Fixed ring | Interference fit and axial clamp | 0.04 mm diametral modeled interference |
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| `output_carrier_revolute` | Joint output rotation | Paired output bearings | 16 mm shaft in two 16x24x5 bearings |
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| Planet revolutes | Planet spin | 3x6x3 bearings on 3 mm pins | 0.05 mm radial gear-seat clearance |
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| Output cap to housing | Fixed | Six M3 screws | 43.0 mm PCD, 3.2 mm holes |
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| Output link | External fixed attachment | Six M3 screws | 34.0 mm PCD tapped holes, Ø15.96 locating pilot |
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## Electronics Packaging
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The controller PCB is a 44.4 mm circular board behind the rear motor bearing. It
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has a 10 mm center service bore, four M2 mounting holes, four large edge notches
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for the rear structural columns, three phase-terminal pin holes, and four
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power/CAN pin holes. Two rear-cover apertures expose the terminal bodies without
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removing the controller. The board remains removable after the rear cover and
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terminal screws are released.
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## Assembly Order
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1. Press the stator stack into the motor shell and pot the twelve winding packs.
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2. Install the rear bearing into the four-arm spider and bolt the spider to the
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shell's rear columns.
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3. Insert the rotor/shaft from the reducer side and support it with the front
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motor bearing in the reducer bulkhead.
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4. Bolt the motor shell to the reducer housing with the six-hole front interface.
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5. Insert the first fixed ring and planetary stage, the 5x10x3 interstage
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bearing, then the second fixed ring and planetary stage from the open front.
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6. Install the paired output bearings in the removable output cap, then bolt the
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cap to the reducer housing.
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7. Install the PCB and terminals on the rear-cover standoffs, connect phases and
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sensors, and attach the rear cover.
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This sequence avoids the trapped 43 mm ring-gear problem in Case 16: both ring
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inserts and carriers enter through the open reducer front before the bearing cap
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is installed.
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## Strength And Thermal Notes
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- The motor shell retains 1.80 mm radial wall around the stator and the reducer
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shell retains 2.20 mm around the steel ring inserts.
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- The 43 mm PCD case holes pass through 18.5 mm-radius end lands, retaining
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1.4 mm of continuous aluminum ligament on the bore side of each M3 clearance
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hole instead of clipping only the thin cylindrical shell.
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- The front reducer bulkhead is 8 mm long around the 19 mm motor bearing.
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- Two adjacent output bearings form a 10 mm stack with 5 mm center spacing to
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distribute overturning load.
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- The output flange leaves 4.15 mm radial ligament beyond the M3 tapped-hole edges.
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- The output face carries a 1.5 mm-high, Ø15.96 locating pilot. Mating links use
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the pilot for concentric location and six Ø3.3 clearance holes with Ø6 socket-
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head counterbores; the screws provide clamp load rather than radial location.
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- External robot structure clamps the continuous Ø50 reducer sleeve at the
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`case_clamp_axis` datum (`Z = 20.0`) instead of sharing the internal output-cap
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retention screws.
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- The stator yoke contacts the aluminum shell over its full active length for a
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direct thermal path; controller heat can flow through the rear standoffs and
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cover.
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- Detailed tooth stress, bearing life, winding thermal limits, rotor retention,
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and fastener preload still require engineering calculation and prototype test.
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