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Q: What is a Gearbox?
A: A gearbox is a mechanical method of transferring energy from one device to another and is used to increase torque while reducing speed. Torque is the power generated through the bending or twisting of a solid material. This term is used interchangeably with transmission. Read More
Q: What is a Cycloidal?
A: A cycloidal gear reducer consists of four major components: an input shaft, a cycloidal disc, a housing with internal ring pins, and an output shaft. The input shaft has an eccentric circular lobe which fits into a bearing in the cycloidal disc. The eccentric lobe causes the center of the cycloidal disc to rotate around the center of the housing. The cycloidal disc is geared to the housing but is slightly smaller and has fewer teeth than the housing has pins. This causes the cycloidal disc to rotate about its center but in the opposite direction of its orbit within the housing. The net effect is that the cycloidal disc rolls within the housing (thus a point fixed on the circumference of the cycloidal disc would trace a hypocycloid). Read More
Q: What is a Brushless Motor?
A: A brushless motor is an electric motor powered by direct current (DC). Though more expensive than the standard electric or brushed motor, it has considerable advantages over its predecessor. Most notably, a brushless motor boasts better performance and suffers less wear than brushed motors of similar size. Read More
Q: What is a DC Motor?
A: A direct current (DC) motor is a fairly simple electric motor that uses electricity and a magnetic field to produce torque, which turns the motor. At its most simple, a DC motor requires two magnets of opposite polarity and an electric coil, which acts as an electromagnet. The repellent and attractive electromagnetic forces of the magnets provide the torque that causes the DC motor to turn. Read More