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Maximum torque in minimum space with maxon Spiroid gears

By Lisa Eitel | July 7, 2015

Maxon Spiroid Gearheadmaxon precision motors introduces right angle gearheads designed to be configured with maxon’s 22 and 32 mm DC motors.  These compact, lightweight and high torque gearheads were developed to transmit power at 90° in the smallest possible form factor. The Spiroid technology incorporated in the gearhead design offers a number of performance benefits:

  • Extremely high torque transmission
  • High stiffness / Low deflection with large applied loads
  • Back-drivable (4:1 ratio) and non-back drivable (31:1 ratio) versions
  • Compact size
  • Low backlash
  • Up to 3:1 “gear teeth” contact ratio
  • Quiet operation
  • High Torque to Space Ratio (HTSR) technology

The gearheads may be mounted directly onto many of maxon’s brushed and brushless motors or they can be configured with different ratios of maxon’s GP22 and GP32 planetary gearheads. This results in a wide range of achievable gear reductions. The motor and gearhead combinations are ideally suited for a variety of applications particularly where an output shaft perpendicular to the motor axis is desired.

maxon precision motors
www.maxonmotorusa.com

 

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About The Author

Lisa Eitel

Lisa Eitel has worked in the automation industry since 2001. Her areas of focus include motors, drives, motion control, power transmission, linear motion, and sensing and feedback technologies. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and is an inductee of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society; a member of the Society of Women Engineers; and a judge for the FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regionals. Besides her motioncontroltips.com contributions, she also leads the production of the quarterly motion issues of Design World.

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