What are the Types of Gear Motor?

The gear motor is a widely used reduction drive equipment, and the drive structure is assembled by a drive motor and a gearbox, also known as a "reducer".

There are many types of drive motors. DC motors, brushed motors, brushless motors, stepper motors, coreless motors, and servo motors can all be used as drive motors.

The gearbox can adopt planetary gearboxes, cylindrical gearboxes, parallel gearboxes, worm gearboxes, screw gearboxes, and so on. Depending on the different drive motors, it can be divided into DC gear motors, stepping geared motors, brushed gear motors, brushless gear motors, hollow cup geared motors.

It also can be divided into planetary gear motor, gear reducer motor, worm gear motor, parallel gear reducer, screw gear reducer according to the structure of the gearbox. Different types of reducers have different application characteristics. ATO.com recommends two popular geared motors for you.

Planetary gear motor

It is an industrial product. It is a transmission mechanism whose structure is tightly connected to the gearbox shell by an inner gear ring. The speed of the motor can be reduced and the output torque can be increased at the same time. The characteristics of the planetary gear motor are small size, lightweight, high carrying capacity, long service life, stable operation, low noise, large output torque, large speed ratio, high efficiency, power splitting. It is a new type of reducer with wide versatility.

Worm gear motor

It is a power transmission mechanism that uses a gear speed converter to reduce the number of revolutions of the motor to the required number of revolutions and obtain a larger torque. Worm gear motor has a compact mechanical structure, light volume, small size and high efficiency, good heat exchange performance, and fast heat dissipation. In terms of use, it is flexible and agile with low noise, stable in operation, easy to maintain and repair, durable and reliable.