Cone Drive Slewing Solutions

Cone Drive’s slewing solutions employ precision motion technology that provides a large ratio in a single stage of gearing. The slew bearing and gears are assembled into a low profile, self-retaining, and ready-to-install housing optimized for weight versus performance. These highly-adaptable products also feature strong shock resistance, long life performance, smooth rotation, bearing protection, and sealed drive options. We provide custom slewing drive solutions, on-site installation and dedicated engineering support.

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You show a welding positioner in this video. It should be noted that worm based slew drives are not a good fit when mounted vertically and rotating a load that is shifted off of the rotating axis. A condition called stair stepping occurs and will cause chatter which will quickly destroy the drive. The worm based slew drive is a locking mechanism and cannot be backdriven. When the load shifts over center, it tries to back drive. Torque builds until it can break free causing the worm to jump forward and lock again.