FS: Used MAXON BRUSHLESS MOTORS - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rickdeckard
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 07, 2020, 09:57:38 am
content: Hi,I have for sale 40 used Maxon MotorsPlanetary Gearhead GP 8 A Ø8 mm, 0.01–0.1 Nm EC 8 Ø8 mm, brushless, 2 Watt, with hall sensorasking price 150$/each ,

author: FransW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2020, 12:31:03 pm
content: Looks like the deal of a lifetime.Success, Frans

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2020, 01:52:29 pm
content: While it should be about 30% of brand new price at low quantity, good luck to sell some obscure combination for this money. Good luck finding anyone wanting this exact combination who needs them more than for tinkering, and is ready to pay to some dude on the internet (company will unlikely to do so). In the past I boughtbrand newMaxon motors with original price about 3 times higher for less, exactly for this reason. Ended up removing planetary gearhead and essentially destroying it, since the first gear was welded on the motor shaft.

author: FransW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2020, 03:24:04 pm
content: I had comparable transactions and my remark was intended to be cynical & sceptical.

author: ArsenioDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2021, 04:51:46 am
content: Damn, drive torque on these is close but not quite to spec for some CAS blocks I was thinking of designing. Wish they had the encoders instead of just Hall phasing.

author: SVFeingold
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2021, 10:29:44 pm
content: Too optimistic. Wraper is right. Industrial stuff like this comes in so many configs it'll be once in a blue moon that you land on someone who needs exactly what you have. Business customers who care about the config don't care about saving 50% on a few motors, esp. if they're used. Hobbyists are mostly happy with bottom-tier trash motors that were swept up from a factory floor for $2/ea.I think $50-75 per is a more reasonable starting point. Also really depends onhowused they are.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2021, 11:10:24 pm
content: Quote from: ArsenioDev on January 16, 2021, 04:51:46 amLots of stuff on aliexpress with encoders:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33036381356.htmlhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001086918718.html

author: SVFeingold
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2021, 01:17:59 am
content: Faulhaber motors for $6 a piece?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 19, 2021, 01:26:02 am
content: Quote from: SVFeingold on January 19, 2021, 01:17:59 amThey are used obviously, and Chinese understand that it's better to let them go cheap rather than sitting on pile of them.

author: eKretz
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2021, 03:27:58 pm
content: Yeah that's probably counterfeit Faulhaber on AliExpress... With China purchases, electronics (and most everything else) it's a roll of the dice on whether you're actually going to get a legit product or a cheap Chinese copy. And I'd say the dice are loaded to the cheap copy side. I know several people who have gotten burned by the counterfeits with no recourse.

author: Haenk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2021, 04:24:17 pm
content: Quote from: eKretz on January 26, 2021, 03:27:58 pmI don't think those are fake - but certainly used.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2021, 11:11:42 pm
content: Quote from: eKretz on January 26, 2021, 03:27:58 pmIts called surplus stock or recovery from e-waste. You could not make money manufacturing a counterfeit for that price that looks that good.Hell you can even see the mechanisms they came from:https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33024246243.html