“From Warehouse Forklift to Coffee-Bot – The 365-Day Battle Log of ASLONG JGB37-520GB 37 mm DC Motor in One Multi-Scenario Platform”
Case Timeline
Mar 2024 Need Born → Jun 2024 Small-Batch Validation → May 2025 Scale Replication → Sep 2025 100 kth Unit Rolled Off
By: ASLONG Industry Solutions Team
Mar 2024 Need Born → Jun 2024 Small-Batch Validation → May 2025 Scale Replication → Sep 2025 100 kth Unit Rolled Off
By: ASLONG Industry Solutions Team
1. Customer’s “Triple-Dilemma”
In March 2024, X-Logitech, a leading Chinese smart-logistics & new-retail company, sketched a “mobile coffee station on wheels” concept that demanded:
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One single drive platform had to tow an 80 kg warehouse cart and also steer a 0.1 mm-precision latte-art robotic arm.
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Battery rail fixed at 24 V, yet the cart required 20 kgf push force while the coffee arm needed 300 °/s high-speed homing.
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Whole-machine life target 5 years, motor ≥ 3 000 h, unit cost ≤ USD 9.
A traditional solution would use two motors (high-power + micro-servo), doubling volume, wiring and BOM. X-Logitech turned to ASLONG.
Key Moves
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Dual-ratio Gearbox: Same motor frame, front quick-swap gear modules; 30 s switch between “cart ↔ coffee-arm” modes.
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Dynamic Current Limit: Driver board embeds I²t algorithm—5 A peak 3 s for cart, 1.2 A continuous for arm, preventing thermal runaway.
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Grease Upgrade: Fluorinated grease, drop point 220 °C; torque loss < 8 % at –30 °C start-up.
5. Customer Voice
“We were ready for two motors—wiring and thermal nightmares. The dual-ratio solution of JGB37-520GB lets us use one motor and one driver board to solve the heavy-load vs high-precision conflict, saving us two months to launch.”
6. ASLONG Takeaways
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Platform Mindset: First define a “torque-speed-life” golden zone, then spawn ratio modules—fast replication for AGVs, ice-cream machines, standing desks, etc.
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Joint Validation: Built a 3 000 h accelerated aging model with the customer, exposing latent failures six months earlier.
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Transparent Costing: Shared gearbox molds and common magnets; locked volume price for 18 months, shielding customers from raw-material swings.