Oriental Motors

Hi,

I tried the URL, but couldn't do a search in English for the gearheads.
In Japanese, seemed like one could. Any hints? I'd like to look up my
2GK7.5KA gearheads.

Alan KM6VV

> Here's the url for oriental motors: www.orientalmotor.co.jp
> They have the specs on the drives and the gears. I found out that
> the one that the Shopbot uses the PN 7.2 reduction gear ratio and
> the rack and pinions are Boston Gear pinions (20pitch;14.5deg
> pressure angle).
>
> I am finding out a bunch from the folks here and I am grateful. I am
> pricing building a machine from very good parts, i.e. ball screws, to
> not so good, rack and pinion. I think I will stick with stepper
> motors though. I have read that the NEMA 42 and under are better
> values for the money than servos. Over NEMA 42, go with servos.