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Considerations in the Design of Primary Worm-gear Drives for Astronomical Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. G. S. Groeneveld
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Worm-gear drives for astronomical telescopes have associated with them certain requirements which cannot be effectively dealt with by applying standard design methods and parameters, since these drives differ in many ways from conventional power transmission gearing.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , March 1969 , pp. 245 - 247
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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