BEAM Pieces is a BEAM
Reference Library
site.
|
|
Microcassette player worm-drive
gearmotor detailed data
All the data that's fit to
print
Manufacturer
Unknown
|
Source
Microcassette drive
assembly (available from Solarbotics
and surplus houses)
|
|
|
Comments
A small, efficient, but
extremely fast gearmotor.
|
10 lines /
cm 
|
|
This page presents all the data from my testing of a
single example of a worm-drive gearmotor often found in
microcassette drive assemblies (available from a number of
places for a few dollars each). The test procedure I used is
described elsewhere.
Voltage
|
No-load Current (mA)
|
No-load Speed (deg/sec)
|
Efficiency (deg / mW-sec)
|
0.2
|
43.2
|
|
|
0.185
|
29.2
|
47.82
|
8.85
|
0.498
|
27.4
|
248.45
|
18.21
|
1.005
|
32.8
|
627.72
|
19.04
|
1.495
|
35.2
|
970.99
|
18.45
|
2.015
|
38.2
|
1340.76
|
17.42
|
3.032
|
43.7
|
2063.96
|
15.58
|



|