PLANETARY GEARBOX

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A planetary gearbox comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a plurality of journal bearing pins, each of the journal bearing pins forming a journal bearing with a planet gear. At its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side, each planet gear forms a recess that extends inside the planet gear starting from the face side. It is provided that the planet gear forms a protrusion at its axially forward face side and/or at its axially rearward face side. The protrusion has an axial extent and a radial extent, wherein the radial extent is limited at the respective face side to the area between the planet gear inner bore and the radial inner limit of the respective recess in the planet gear, and wherein the protrusion is configured to provide for a flow path (b) for oil emerging from the journal bearing that guides the oil (b) away from the journal bearing in a direction having an axial component.

Discussion in the ATmosphere

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