The Gearbox That Whined After a Month We coupled a servo motor to a 100 RPM conveyor roller with a 10:1 gearbox. The conveyor needed 20 N·m at the roller. The gearbox was rated for 30 N·m output — enough. A month later, the gearbox whined and got hot. The problem: we’d sized for the …

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