Gear+Up!

Gear Up! 

Wind turbines need gears to transfer the motion of the rotor to the generator, which then provides the power output. The gears for the wind turbines will be manufactured by CNC machines at Bellingham High School, Bellingham WA. Mr. Clement's Design Manufacturing class will first create CAD designs of the gears needed, and then import those designs into the CNC machines. Those machines will precisely cut each gear out of the material specified by Mrs. Wacker's students. Some examples of materials include plastic and hardwood.