Hello. I have an application that requires coupling a BLDC motor with 12.5:1 gearbox and 8mm shaft to a 12mm shaft that drives a timing pulley and belt. The application requires quite operation, and the gears are the noisiest part of the whole system. Attaching the motor/motor mount to the structure makes the noise louder due to resonance of the structure it mounts to(Aluminum I-beam and wood).
I intend to try to mount the motor/gearbox to the structure with some rubber insulators which should help reduce the vibration transfer and noise. Can any suggest a very quite method to get the gearbox energy onto the pulley shaft? A little play is ok(under 1/16" at the timing pulley OD), it is non CNC use. An aluminum or Delrin direct coulpler seems to cause too much noise, so I am considering a semi rigid rubber hose that attaches to a Delrin part that mounts to each shaft. A last resort is another shorter 1:1 belt and pulley from the gearbox to the timing belt/pulley.
Thanks for any ideas.