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Re: Why is the monorail motor so special?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 00:58:54 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Rose Regner writes:
> > Can anyone elaborate on BradJ's comment (at brickfest) that the monorail
> > could not come back because they couldn't get the motor. Please! Being an
> > electrical engineer, in the power field, I can not imagine any technical
> > reason why a motor could not be made anymore. Does anyone have any more info
> > about this?
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> No info, only speculation... but it's a complex assembly, there is a motor,
> it goes into a plastic housing, there is a press on gear, some electric
> switches, etc.
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> Even if you had all the molds in good shape for the 3-5 pieces that go to
> make up the motor, you'd still need a way to put all the pieces together.
> That probably requires some special assembly machines, etc. (I am not enough
> of an industrial engineer to know exactly what goes into automatically
> putting multipart electromechanical assemblies together).
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> If TLC subbed that out, no doubt it got taken apart long ago. Ditto, no
> doubt, if it was in house.
The assembly probably is the biggest reason. The motor itelf I'm betting
is the same physical motor as in the 9V train motor (every LEGO motor I
have seen has actually had the same size housing, It's a very common
size, I remember HO trains with that size housing and I think my Erector
set had motors with the same size housing).
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| (...) No info, only speculation... but it's a complex assembly, there is a motor, it goes into a plastic housing, there is a press on gear, some electric switches, etc. Even if you had all the molds in good shape for the 3-5 pieces that go to make (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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