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Hollow Shaft Gear Motor

Competent gear motor designs require a device that can provide an immense amount of power contained within a relatively small ensemble. Designing an effective yet standard shaft motor can be a real challenge to assemble all of the vital components within the design’s confines while also generating enough torque needed for the job at hand.

Hollow shaft DC gear motors can overcome these constraints by providing tremendous torque amounts while conserving size and weight to a minimum. They also allow a channel for fluids or mechanical components through the central cavity of the shaft, which effectively reduces excess heat build-up in the operating motor and neighboring device components.

Think of the electric shaft as a compact rod that renders and supports rotational loads. With a hollow offset shaft rod, its central material has been deliberately removed, and this provides the following two benefits during motor operation:

  1. Shaft weight has been reduced, enabling faster rotation at relatively equivalent motor speeds,
  2. Powerful torque is more manageable and consequently effective, due to the reduced shaft weight.

Hollow shaft gear motors are one of the most commonly used gear systems employed, and favored, by operators, and they are typically utilized in pulley and lever systems.

While most gear motors may look and appear the same, they possess diverse configurations, and each unit is generally designed and manufactured for a specific operational application. As with other types of gear motors, hollow shaft gearboxes are available in different categories, generator capabilities, and varieties.

What makes hollow shaft gear motors different from other gear motors is their distinct advantages when used for the task application at hand. The key benefits and features of using a hollow shaft gear motor are as follows:

Unique and Compact Design

Unlike other gear motors, hollow shaft gear motors are smaller and compact, making them proficient in a limited amount of space to perform any task required. Space limitations are not an issue, as they can effortlessly be installed and uninstalled as one single unit.

Versatility with Flexibility

Hollow shaft gear motors are incredibly flexible – both in their application and configuration.

Sturdiness with Durability

Most hollow shaft gear motors are assembled using stainless steel material, or other similar metal. Due to this construction, they provide excellent protection against corrosion and cannot be readily damaged or broken when applied with influential force during contact. This enhances its durability capabilities over a long period of time. Hollow shaft gear motors will endure exceptional tensile stress for long periods too.

Minimal Maintenance Required

The critical component that will require periodic checking is the hollow shaft rod. Manufacturing recommendations state that cleaning is needed to remove any dust or minute lodged debris remaining after usage. Besides this maintenance task, and as it has been constructed from metal, the hollow shaft gear motor will not easily break so partial or whole replacement maintenance tasks are less likely to occur.

With its high output torque and lower hollow shaft rotational output speed, hollow shaft gear motors are used in a wide range of typical equipment applications across multiple industries, such as:

  • Car and truck automatic wipers, and window operating motors,
  • Hospital beds for raising and lowering sensitive support frames,
  • Patient lifts, where fundamental strength and speed control are required,
  • Robotic arms for all types of manufacturing conveyor systems,
  • Automatic door operation using sensor control.

As previously stated, these units are advantageous where space and power restrictions are inherent for the application required.

Besides their exceptional versatility and durability, hollow shaft gear motors are recyclable and reusable with other applications. This basic ability will limit the number of released pollutants, thus reducing associated risks to both operators and the environment.

All of these features make the hollow shaft gear motor a highly efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable gearbox motor.

Why not contact the hollow shaft gear motor experts at Telco Intercon, they will gladly discuss all of your gear motor needs, and they can advise and deliver the right optimized solution to satisfy all of your requirements.