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Message #10610
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@telus.net
Date: Monday, 21 February 2000 5:31
Subject: Re: MPJA geared motors
>Dennison Bertram wrote:
>>
>> These are actually very poor motors to use on a walker. The
>> reason why that gearbox looks so funky is because it uses a
>> worm gear. This is VERY innefecient and is just ingeneral
>> difficult to use in walkers.
>
>What's so inefficient about a worm-gear-motor?
>
>Bruce
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