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Revision as of 13:38, 28 March 2020

This documentation is a work in progress. Please don't mark it as translatable since it will change in the next hours and days.

FCGear WormGear

Menu location
FCGear → Create a Worm gear
Workbenches
FCGear
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
v0.16
See also
FCGear WormGear

Description

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A worm can only be used with a worm wheel. This is called a worm drive.

Like other gear arrangements, a worm drive can reduce rotational speed or transmit higher torque. One of the major advantages of worm gear drive units are that they can transfer motion in 90 degrees. A worm drive is also self-locking.

Worm gear