Optimal selection of motor and gearhead in mechatronic applications

A method for the selection of motor and gearhead in mechatronic applications is proposed. The method is applicable to any kind of load and helps to find the optimal motor gearhead combination with respect to output torque, peak power, mass/size and/or cost. The input to the method is the load cycle and component data on candidate motors and gearheads. Output is a set of graphs of all motor/gear ratio combinations that can drive the given load. From these graphs it is easy to read out the peak power, motor torque and energy efficiency for all feasible motor/gear ratio combinations.