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Re: Intake wheel motors

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Originally Posted by arc25565 View Post
What kind of motors and gearboxes would people recommend for jobs like intake wheels. We have many smaller motors like the window and fisher price motors and full size cims but nothing in between. What kind of motors and gearboxes would be a good buy for most medium power operations like intake wheels. Thanks for any assistance that you provide.
For most teams I'd recommend using the versaplanetaries. Reasoning:

1. Able to quickly swap ratios from 3:1 to whatever. (Use load rating guide for your application )
2. Available with multiple output shafts.
3. Direct drive wheels
4. Easy to integrate with pulleys and sprockets.
5. Most flexible option imo out of any cots gearbox available.
6. This is what citrus does
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