worm gear


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gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel)

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They're rock-solid Crayfords, with slow motion provided by worm gears and fast motion provided by a crank that lets you turn the worm gear more quickly.
When installing the worm gear, make sure its teeth mate up with the teeth on the vertical drive shaft.
The power chain which assure the traction (figure 2), contains the worm 6, the worm gear 5, the final transmission with the wheels 4 si 2 and 4' si 2'.
(TmcHUD111110-KE27301) * BUSY, BUSY: David Brown''s Radicon Bay, a worm gear assembly plant at Park Works, Lockwood.
The MCLLEG is comprised of an easy to turn manual worm gear winch and a long lifting strap with a hook on a stabilizing leg that attaches to a dolly.
The worm screw consists of a less brittle V-grade form of carbide, while the worm gear is ion nitrided to a depth of 0.1mm and an external surface hardness of 68 [R.sub.c].
The former places the power unit on the steering column just behind the instrument panel where the assist is transmitted through a worm gear to the column, while the latter places it to the side and drives the column through a ball nut mechanism via a rubber belt.
Translating contact is made between the bronze worm gear and the turning worm shaft.
The wheels are mounted to a full CNC B-axis wheelhead with a design that incorporates a worm gear, thereby eliminating the need to lift it to pivot the wheels.
The David Brown BS range of ultra compact worm gear units now has an environmental classification for use in hygienic food production areas through the use of a Tufram coating on the gear case, flanges and feet.
Products include electromechanical and mechanical clutches and brakes and controls, right angle worm gear speed reducers and in-line helical speed reducers, washdown duty, variable speed AC and DC inverters, and stainless steel motors.