Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
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Hello all,
I'm developing a garden hose lawn sprinkler that needs a low speed (& low cost) rotational drive . Our intent is to incorporate an existing plastic turbine & gear-cluster into the design. Does anyone know of an appropriate manufacturer or distributor?
Thanks,
---JHC---
I'm developing a garden hose lawn sprinkler that needs a low speed (& low cost) rotational drive . Our intent is to incorporate an existing plastic turbine & gear-cluster into the design. Does anyone know of an appropriate manufacturer or distributor?
Thanks,
---JHC---





RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
If your idea is to commercialize the product, first step would be to have a look at what you compete against, technically and pricewise.
What sizes and types of rotational drive are you thinking about.
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
Thanks for your response. I'm talking about the 5-10 rpm water-lubricated drives used in the majority of pop-up lawn sprinklers, & many regular garden hose sprinklers. These drives incorporate a very low loss flow turbine & a cluster of plastic (Acetal?) gears. Virtually every manufacturer offers a rotor drive sprinkler. Assuming that at least some of them outsource the turbine & gear-cluster, we would like to design our sprinkler head around an existing drive.
---JHC---
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
Amazing what google can do for you, perhaps this could point you in the right direction (You are not stating your localization, which again suggest US)..... ?
http://www.akgears.com/pdf/01ftm09.pdf
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
---JHC---
Seattle
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
However, if you picked a competitive example, detailed it completely, and sent it out for quotes >around the globe<, you might find one supplier who demanded no tooling charge and offered a very, very competitive unit price.
That would be an outsource supplier.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
Hello Mike, I have always appreciated your inputs, you managed to formulate precisely what i actually tried to say....!
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
---JHC---
RE: Lawn Sprinkler reduction-gear drive
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA