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Download Solution PDFMeander drive is a _____ shaft mechanism.
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A Meander drive uses a three-shaft mechanism consisting of identical double cluster gears and a sliding carrier with a tumbler gear or the carrier may have only one sliding block.
Feed gearboxes are of various types, classified as
- change gear on a fixed position
- sliding gears
- intermeshing gear cones and sliding gears
- the tumbler gearbox of Norton type
- meander type with one sliding gear or tumbler
Meander Drive
- It is the most commonly used feed gearbox
- In the cases of sliding block, the system requires more cluster gears to have the same requisite number of speeds obtained by using tumbler gears
- It has more reliability and increased rigidity of the system
- This drive uses two separate motors having reverse traverse whenever needed using a reversible clutch.
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