Selecting gearboxes for servo motors

摘要

The experts at Techdrives offer advice on choosing the best option for servo gearheads. Servo gearboxes differ from standard industrial gearboxes in that they are designed to operate with higher peak input speeds together with a wide operating range. Other factors such as low inertia, backlash and exact numeric ratios can also be important. A common choice to be paired up with servo motors is the planetary design which has compact dimensions and high performance. However planetary is not the only option and other factors such as the mounting arrangement can lead to selection of alternatives. They key decision factors here are the required torques, gear ratio, level of backlash that is acceptable and the mounting configuration.