Most people think of cables, wires or electronic boxes when they think of communications equipment, but there is also the mechanical element involved when it comes to transmitting data between the ground and the sky. One of our customers sought us out with a number of mechanical requirements for a large, radar dish that was being designed. There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about this design, but it oered an opportunity to provide several of the wide variety of drive components we oer, and work with the customer to help select the proper parts for his design. The rst area of consideration was the main drive for rotating the dish. This was to be servo controlled in order to provide precise positioning. Because of the low duty cycle and additional ratios down the line, we were able

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