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Re: Worm Gear Gearbox

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Actually efficiency might not be an issue if you properly design the gearbox. A little bit of engineering and you should be able to get the efficiency fairly high. Of course a little research shows that the efficiency can reach 60%.
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Ps. Please someone build a drivetrain using these gears. These are the funniest sounding words ever. Hypoid and globoid.
60% efficiency is still downright terrible for a drivetrain when you consider spur gears are 98% efficient and chain is 95% efficient
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