Gears Have Different Uses In a Wide Variety of Industrial and Mechanical Types of Equipment
Gears have different uses in a wide variety of industrial and mechanical equipment in addition to cars and bikes. Gears are used to control the power while a machine is being operated. The role of a gear in industrial machines is to optimize the productivity by reducing the speed and not the revolutions.
Industrial gear boxes are used in a variety of industries like Wind Power, Cement, Chemical, Rubber & Plastics, Construction, Food & Beverage, Marine, Material Handling, Metals & Mining, Power Generation, Recreational Vehicle, Transportation Industry, Agriculture, Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Semiconductor, Robotics, Textile, and Healthcare to name a few. Industrial gearbox are mainly classified by their type like Planetary, Helical, Bevel, Spur, Worm and others like Helical-Bevel and Planetary Worm.
The most common type of industrial gears that are being used is Spur gears where the teeth of these gears fall parallel to a machine’s rotational axis. These type of gears are used in machines which have low speed applications and proper sound organization.
Helical type of gears are famous for their teeth-shaped edges which create a thrust load. Unlike Helical gears, the Spur gears are not parallel to a machine’s rotational axis. They are mainly used in industries like Rubber, Medical, Steel, Packing, and more.
Worm gears are used mainly in steel, sugar, paper, and textile plants. There are two types of worm gears, single-threaded and multi-threaded. They are also known as wheel industrial gears.
Bevel type of gears are used mainly for shafts where they are fitted at a right angle to a machine’s rotational axis. Some of the application where Bevel gears are used are in hand drill, printing, and a number of other machines.
Planetary gears are used in gearboxes that power everything from basic plant machinery to electric vehicles. Planetary gears are used in applications that demand high torque density, operational efficiency, and durability. When space and weight becomes an issue Planetary gears are often used where a large amount of speed reduction and torque are needed. Planetary gear are used in turbine engines, automatic transmissions, and even electric screwdrivers. They are also used in tractors and construction equipment.
Gear reducer are a mechanical transmission device that connects the motor to a driven load. They are also known as a gearbox. To modify the torque and speed between a motor and a load, Gear reducers are used. If your gearbox is down, you need keep it running as quickly and efficiently as possible. Repairing an existing gearbox can be the most quick and cost effective way. Procuring a new gearbox from manufacturers takes several months to get. Repairing can restore gearbox performance less than the cost of replacement.
With over hundred years of gear engineering experience, we repair rebuild any industrial gearbox brand, make, or model. We at American Gear LLC have a 24/7 emergency service to attend your complaints as we know that time is precious. Our engineers use the latest technology to analyse the condition of your gearbox’s internal parts. Our engineers also work on-site to fix any issues that your equipment is experiencing and enabling you to regain production. We also have the capability to reverse engineer any gearbox design and manufacture any new parts that may be required to carry out a complete upgrade. All of our manufacturing is carried out to ISO standards and through this process we can bring old gearboxes up to OEM standards.
If you are in need of industrial gearbox repair, we at American Gears LLC offer complete reconditioning on industrial gearboxes of all OEM brands. We are fully equipped to provide all gearbox services performing a complete evaluation of your gear box. Our in-house design, engineering, and manufacturing services ensure quality workmanship. We provide a warranty and guarantee on workmanship and materials. We work on leading brands like Marley, Amarillo, Philadelphia, Lufkin, Rexnord, Falk, SPX, Falk and Siemens and more.
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Industrial Gearbox Repair and Rebuild Service in Houston, Texas
Gears are toothed, mechanical transmission elements used to transfer motion and power between machine components. Operating in mated pairs, gears mesh their teeth with the teeth of another corresponding gear or toothed component which prevents slippage during the transmission process. Each gear or toothed component is attached to a machine shaft or base component, therefore when the driving gear rotates along with its shaft component, the driven gear rotates or translates its shaft component. Depending on the design and construction of the gear pair, the transference of motion between the driving shaft and the driven shaft can result in a change of the direction of rotation or movement. Gears are available in a variety of designs, constructions, and configurations to suit a wide range of industries and applications.
There are many types of gears such as spur gears, helical gears, bevel gears, worm gears, gear rack, etc. These can be broadly classified by looking at the positions of axes such as parallel shafts, intersecting shafts and non-intersecting shafts. The most commonly used gears are
Spur Gear
Gears having cylindrical pitch surfaces are called cylindrical gears. Spur gears belong to the parallel shaft gear group and are cylindrical gears with a tooth line which is straight and parallel to the shaft. Spur gears are the most widely used gears that can achieve high accuracy with relatively easy production processes.
Helical Gear
Helical gears are used with parallel shafts similar to spur gears and are cylindrical gears with winding tooth lines. They have better teeth meshing than spur gears and have superior quietness and can transmit higher loads, making them suitable for high speed applications.
Bevel Gear
Bevel gears have a cone shaped appearance and are used to transmit force between two shafts which intersect at one point (intersecting shafts). A bevel gear has a cone as its pitch surface and its teeth are cut along the cone.
Screw Gear
Screw gears are a pair of same hand helical gears with the twist angle of 45° on non-parallel, non-intersecting shafts. Because the tooth contact is a point, their load carrying capacity is low and they are not suitable for large power transmission.
Worm Gear
A screw shape cut on a shaft is the worm, the mating gear is the worm wheel, and together on non-intersecting shafts is called a worm gear. Worms and worm wheels are not limited to cylindrical shapes. There is the hour-glass type which can increase the contact ratio, but production becomes more difficult.
A gear reducer is a mechanical transmission device that connects a motor to a driven load. It is also known as a gearbox. It allows you to modify the torque and speed between a motor and a load. Reduction gear assemblies are made up of series of gears. There are four main types of gear reducers: planetary gear reducers, worm gear reducers, gear train gear reducers and bevel gear reducers.
We at American Gear Llc based in Houston, Texas, with over hundred years of experience repair and rebuild gear box by manufacturers like Falk, Rexnord, Amarillo, Philadelphia, Nord, Marley,Lufkin, Rexnord to name a few.
As a dependable gearbox repair and rebuilding company we are chosen by large and small manufacturers like steel and paper mills, utility power plants, oil refineries, chemical processing facilities, Petro chemical industries, Defence and other industrial plants from around the world that depend on speed reducers and gear box rely on American Gear Llc.
Having been in the industry for over a hundred years we have the best engineers in the industry to reverse engineer your gear components back to OEM or better with a warranty or exchange your unit and purchase one of fully rebuilt units.
For all your requirements on Gears and Reducers kindly get in touch with us at 713.360.6995 and take some time to visit our website at https://americangearllc.com/.