Motion & Actuation · Strain-wave gear unit

Harmonic Drive

CSG-17-100-2UH

An exact size-and-ratio gear-unit record for the high-torque CSG unit family, frozen from the official exact-model page. All torque figures remain separately conditioned rating-table claims, not RCI robot-joint measurements.

Architecture

Housed CSG-series high-torque strain-wave gear unit with integrated output bearing, size 17 and 100:1 nominal ratio

Identity

Harmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH · Also: CSG-2UH size 17 ratio 100, CSG-17-100-2UH gear unit

DECISION READINESS / 0.1

What this record can support today.

Coverage is computed from published, non-unknown fields. It measures the record—not product quality—and makes missing procurement evidence explicit.

Engineering field coverage64%

7 of 11 selected fields published

  • Official product sourcepublished
  • Lifecycle statepublished
  • Mechanical dimensions / mass / mountingpublished
  • Environmental operating limitsmissing
  • Continuous or rated outputpublished
  • Peak / momentary outputpublished
  • Speed boundarypublished
  • Transmission ratio / errorpublished
  • Electrical input / consumptionmissing
  • Control and communication interfacemissing
  • Position / torque feedbackmissing
Procurement field coverage23%

3 of 13 selected fields published

  • Official product / sales routepublished
  • Lifecycle statepublished
  • Exact orderable SKU / part numberpublished
  • Price with region, currency and quantitymissing
  • Lead time with check datemissing
  • Commercial availability / stock statemissing
  • Minimum order quantitymissing
  • Authorized distributor / sales channelmissing
  • CAD / STEP / interface drawingmissing
  • Certification with identifiermissing
  • MTBF / failure / reliability datamissing
  • Warranty termsmissing
  • PCN / EOL / replacement noticemissing

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MODEL-LINKED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

1 bounded physical-evidence record.

Publisher independence, identity precision and measurement scope vary by row. Results remain bounded by the disclosed specimen, setup, workload and metric; an inconclusive mapping is evidence associated with the catalog model, not verification of a manufacturer claim.

Measured resultConditionsClaim mappingSource
Independent real-system experimentindependent_physical_evidenceExact reducer operated in a physical control-moment-gyroscope HIL platformGimbal axis with Maxon motor, encoder, controller and 100:1 CSG-17-100-2UH reducer.inconclusiveThe record establishes bounded physical evidence for the named model, but the experiment does not reproduce the catalogued claim metric and conditions; the claim remains inconclusive.Development of a hardware-in-the-loop simulator for control moment gyroscope-based attitude control systems ↗CMG hardware design and HIL testbed sections
Checked 2026-08-26
CLAIM LEDGER

Reported values, conditions attached.

Evidence state describes the claim—not the prestige of the company or document.

ClaimReported valueCondition / boundaryStateSource
Exact unit order codeorder_codeCSG-17-100-2UHSeries CSG, size 17, ratio 100, unit type 2UH; option suffixes are separate orderable variants.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Reduction ratioratio100:1Exact order-code segment and table row; size 17 frame.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Rated torquerated_torque31 N·mManufacturer L10-rated value for the exact table row; the catalog rating conditions, including the defined rated input speed, apply.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Limit for average torquelimit_average_torque51 N·mManufacturer rating-table value; a load-spectrum boundary, not a continuous operating point.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Limit for repeated peak torquerepeated_peak_torque70 N·mManufacturer rating-table value; not a continuous operating point.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Limit for momentary peak torquemomentary_peak_torque143 N·mManufacturer rating-table value; duration and occurrence limits must be checked in catalog engineering guidance.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Starting torquestarting_torque3.7 NcmManufacturer table value at the input; lubrication and temperature conditions apply.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Backdriving torquebackdriving_torque3.6 N·mManufacturer table value; integration, lubrication and temperature can affect system behavior.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Average input speedaverage_input_speed3,500 rpmPublished "Ave. Input Speed" table value; not a guaranteed continuous operating point at any load.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Standard accuracystandard_accuracy1.5 arc minPublished standard-accuracy table value, not mounted-system accuracy.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Massmass0.68 kgExact table row.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Torsional stiffness K1 / K2 / K3torsional_stiffness1.0 / 1.4 / 1.6 ×10^4 N·m/radPiecewise manufacturer table values for the exact model (K1 below T1 = 3.9 N·m, K2 below T2 = 12 N·m).M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Output-bearing moment stiffness Kmoutput_moment_stiffness7.75 ×10^4 N·m/radExact table row.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Allowable moment load Mcallowable_moment_load64 N·mOutput-bearing rating; combined-load checks per catalog method still apply.M · Manufacturer claimedHarmonic Drive CSG-17-100-2UH Gear Unit ↗Exact-model performance, torsional-stiffness and output-bearing tables for CSG-17-100-2UH · Live official exact-model page observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Robot-joint thermal duty enveloperobot_joint_thermal_envelopeNot published in cited public evidenceRCI checked the cited official public evidence on the verification date.The cited catalog does not define one universal robot-joint motor, housing, lubrication, cooling, ambient and motion-cycle envelope for this record.U · UnknownHarmonic Drive CSG/CSF Gear Units Catalog ↗CSG-2UH series engineering, rating-definition and application boundaries · Official series catalog linked from the exact-model page, observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19
Independent exact-unit robot validationindependent_robot_validationNot published in cited public evidenceRCI checked the cited official public evidence on the verification date.RCI has not received, instrumented, endurance-tested or teardown-inspected this gear unit in a robot joint.U · UnknownHarmonic Drive CSG/CSF Gear Units Catalog ↗CSG-2UH series engineering, rating-definition and application boundaries · Official series catalog linked from the exact-model page, observed 2026-08-19
Checked 2026-08-19

Known limits

What this record does not prove.

  • The CSG high-torque unit must not be merged with the dimensionally related CSF unit of the same size and ratio; ratings differ.
  • Peak values must not be represented as continuous output capability.
  • No RCI physical specimen, joint integration, life test or teardown evidence exists.