ʻO ka slew drive kahi mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i nā mea hana mechanical a i ʻole nā hale. ʻO ka mea maʻamau i loko o kahi kaʻa, kahi hōʻemi wikiwiki, kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻouna, a me kahi ʻōnaehana mana. Hāʻawi ka slew drive i ka wikiwiki rotational controllable a me ka torque, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka neʻe ʻana a me ka pololei. I ka ʻoihana, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā mea hoʻomake i nā mea hana e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā papa ʻaina, nā alahaka hoʻohuli, a me nā booms rotating e hoʻomalu i ke ala a me ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻololi ʻana. I ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana, hoʻohana ʻia nā slew drive ma nā ʻāpana ʻōwili i nā mea hana e like me nā hale kiaʻi a me nā hoists. Eia kekahi, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā slew drive i nā noi ikehu hou, e like me ka hana makani makani a me nā ʻōnaehana nānā lā, e hoʻokō ai i ka neʻe ʻana.




