Because speed reducers and gearmotors can impact your drive costs you should know how efficiently the various types of reducers use incoming motor power to drive a load. The efficiency of a speed reducer, as an important selection factor, should not be overlooked. Gear efficiency can be the key to lower drive costs.

Transforming a gear design to a working part can be reduced from days to just a few hours by combining precision motion systems in gear manufacturing machines with advanced software. This article will help you avoid the trial-and-error process of design, prototype manufacture, inspection, and adjustment of machine setting that is involved in designing a finished product that works as intended.

The author of this article discusses how steel companies meet the challenge of replacing the gears in hot-strip rolling mills that must fit in the same space as the old gears but accommodate higher loads.

The selection and design process for large gears used in heavy-duty applications depends on how well you understand the differing manufacturing methods and how they can relate to your particular application.

The EDM (electrical discharge machine) process produces small quantities of precision gears with unique shapes. It can cut the lead time to about a quarter of that required for conventional manufacturing methods by eliminating the need for special tooling.

This article tells how engineers use powerful analysis techniques to solve gear failure problems. Using a step-by-step analysis process, engineers can correctly diagnose gear failures and develop solutions that prevent future failures from reoccurring.