Industrial Gearboxes

Inside of Planetary Gearbox, the driving power through direct connection or link initiates the sun gear. The sun gear then drives the planetary gears assembled with the external gear ring to operate. The whole set of planetary gear system revolves on its own axis and along the external gear ring...

Epicyclic Gearing In an epicyclic or planetary gear train, several spur gears distributed evenly around the circumference run between a gear with internal teeth and a gear with external teeth on a concentric orbit. The circulation of the spur gear takes place in analogy to the orbiting of the...

The planetary reduction drive is based on an classic but ingenious design. It is based on a system of ball bearings rolling between two surfaces while housed within a rotating bushing. The planetary reduction drive is often used to enhance the fine-tuning control of a variable capacitor. For...

On the surface, it may seem that gears are being “reduced” in quantity or size, which is partially true. When a rotary machine such as an engine or electric motor needs the output speed reduced and/or torque increased, gears are commonly used to accomplish the desired result. Gear “reduction”...

Planetary gear reducers belong to the epicyclic family of reducers, since the planet gears trace epicycloidal curves in space—very similar to how the popular kid’s toy, the spirograph, works[i]. Simple planetary gears are arranged with a centrally located, externally toothed sun gear that meshes...

Bevel gearboxes can be realized using bevel gears with straight, helical or spiral teeth. The axes of bevel gearboxes usually intersect at an angle of 90 degrees, whereby other angles are also basically possible. The direction of rotation of the drive shaft and the output shaft can be the same...