37d-21.5 Gearmotor (Gear Motor), Pololu gearmotor
The 37d-21.5 gearmotor (Pololu gearmotor) has a gearbox 36.8 mm across and 21.5 mm long on a motor 30.7 mm long; the output is a 6 mm D-shaft, 5.4 mm across the flat and 22 mm long. It mounts by six M3 holes on a 31 mm circle. Modeled as simplified STEP files.

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- Also searched as: 37d-21.5 gearmotor
- Model id:
gearmotors-pololu-37d-21-5
- Standard: Pololu gearmotor · size 37d-21.5
Files
| Part key | Simplified |
|---|
gearmotors-pololu-37d-21-5 | STEP |
Dimensions

| Symbol | Name | min | nom | max | Modeled | Rule | Level |
|---|
| D | Gearbox diameter | | 36.8 | | 36.8 | nominal | L2 |
| Lg | Gearbox length | | 21.5 | | 21.5 | nominal | L2 |
| Lm | Motor length | | 30.7 | | 30.7 | nominal | L2 |
| Dm | Motor diameter | | 34.8 | | 34.8 | nominal | L2 |
| E | Shaft length | | 22 | | 22 | nominal | L2 |
| d | Shaft diameter | | 6 | | 6 | nominal | L2 |
| f | Shaft across the flat | | 5.4 | | 5.4 | nominal | L2 |
| B | Front boss diameter | | 12 | | 12 | nominal | L2 |
| h | Front boss height | | 6 | | 6 | nominal | L2 |
| eo | Shaft offset | | 7 | | 7 | nominal | L2 |
| dt | Mounting hole thread | | 3 | | 3 | nominal | L2 |
| nh | Number of mounting holes | | 6 | | 6 | nominal | L2 |
| th | Mounting hole depth | | 3 | | 3 | nominal | L2 |
| Pc | Mounting hole circle | | 31 | | 31 | nominal | L2 |
| ph | Adjacent hole spacing | | 15.5 | | 15.5 | nominal | L2 |
| Br | Rear boss diameter | | 7.8 | | 7.8 | nominal | L2 |
| hr | Rear boss height | | 1.6 | | 1.6 | nominal | L2 |
| lt | Terminal reach | | 5 | | 5 | nominal | L2 |
| pt | Terminal spacing | | 22.5 | | 22.5 | nominal | L2 |
| tw | Terminal width | | 2.9 | | 2.9 | nominal | L2 |
| tt | Terminal thickness | | 0.5 | | 0.5 | nominal | L2 |
| le | Encoder length | | 15.4 | | 15.4 | nominal | L2 |
| De | Encoder diameter | | 34 | | 34 | nominal | L2 |
Drawing

As a PDF: CC-GM-POLOLU-SZ-37d-21.5.pdf.
The 37d-21.5 gearmotor beside the 25d-27 and the 37d-24
The 37d-21.5 is number 7 of the 9 Pololu gearmotor gearmotors published here, listed from 25d-17 to 37d-26.5.
- Gearbox diameter (D): 36.8 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 25 mm on the 25d-27 and 36.8 mm on the 37d-24.
- Gearbox length (Lg): 21.5 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 27 mm on the 25d-27 and 24 mm on the 37d-24.
- Motor length (Lm): 30.7 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 30.8 mm on the 25d-27 and 30.7 mm on the 37d-24.
- Motor diameter (Dm): 34.8 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 24.4 mm on the 25d-27 and 34.8 mm on the 37d-24.
- Shaft length (E): 22 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 12.5 mm on the 25d-27 and 22 mm on the 37d-24.
- Shaft diameter (d): 6 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 4 mm on the 25d-27 and 6 mm on the 37d-24.
- Shaft across the flat (f): 5.4 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 3.5 mm on the 25d-27 and 5.4 mm on the 37d-24.
- Front boss diameter (B): 12 mm on the 37d-21.5 gearmotor, against 7 mm on the 25d-27 and 12 mm on the 37d-24.
The 37d-21.5 gearmotor in its other versions
Other sizes
- One size smaller: 25d-27 Gearmotor (Gear Motor), Pololu gearmotor, 25 mm gearbox, 27 mm long, 4 mm D-shaft, Pololu and TT Motor data.
- One size larger: 37d-24 Gearmotor (Gear Motor), Pololu gearmotor, 36.8 mm gearbox, 24 mm long, 6 mm D-shaft, M3 mounting holes on a 31 mm circle, Pololu data.
Documents
Sources
nfp-gm37-520, pololu-37d-gearmotors. Full citations: the method page and this size's datasheet.
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