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Gearbox Manufacturers and Companies

IQS Directory is a top industrial directory listing of leading industrial gearbox manufacturers and suppliers. Access our comprehensive index to review and source gearbox manufacturers with preview ads and detailed product descriptions. These gearbox companies can design, engineer and manufacture gearboxes to your specifications and application need. A quick and easy to use request for quote form is provided for you to contact these gearbox manufacturers and suppliers. Each company has detailed profile information, locations, phone number, website links, product videos and product information defined. Read customer reviews and product specific news articles. We are the right resource for your information requirement whether its for a manufacturer of inline gear reduction boxes, inline gearbox reducers, or right angle gear reducers.

  • Bloomingdale, IL

    DieQua is a manufacturer and supplier of the widest range of speed reducers, including helical & helical/bevel gear motors, inline & right angle servo gear heads, low backlash spiral bevel gearboxes and customized gearbox designs. DieQua also has the experience and know-how to help you select the optimal gear technology for your unique application.

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  • Cleveland, OH

    Cleveland Gear Co. has specialized in speed control technology including a variety of quality manufactured speed reducers since 1912. We have successfully developed speed reducers for material handling, mineral processing, and more. You will find that our products have uncompromising quality, making all others less than the best. We will fulfill your exact requirements and that's what continues to make Cleveland Gear one of the top manufacturers in our industry.

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  • Eagan, MN

    At JHFOSTER, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in engineering and innovation. Our company specializes in designing and manufacturing high-performance speed reducers that cater to a wide range of industries. Our products are crafted with precision and reliability in mind, ensuring they meet the rigorous demands of modern industrial applications.

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  • Ronkonkoma, NY

    Apex Dynamics, Inc. is a worldwide leader in manufacturing of planetary gearboxes. Based on more than twenty years of accumulated manufacturing and marketing experience, plus the highest level of technical production capabilities, Apex Dynamics, Inc. designed and built a technically advanced, high speed, low backlash servo application planetary gearbox.

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  • Ocean Township, NJ

    At Redex USA, Inc., we pride ourselves on our cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions in the field of speed reducers. Our expertise lies in crafting high-performance gearboxes and transmission systems that meet the diverse needs of industries ranging from automotive to heavy machinery. Our products are meticulously designed to optimize efficiency, durability, and precision, ensuring seamless operation in demanding environments.

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Gearbox Industry Information

Gearbox

A gearbox (also spelled “gear box”), which is also commonly referred to as a transmission, is a mechanism used to increase torque while simultaneously decreasing the speed of a motor-powered object or system. Typically located at the junction point of a power shaft, it does so by transferring energy from one device to another. Most often, gearboxes are thought of in conjunction with automobiles. They are, of course, used extensively with automobiles, but they can also be paired with other types of vehicles and technology. These include rotary mowers, helicopters and wind turbines.

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Design of Gearboxes

An individual gear box is constructed carefully, with a specific purpose in mind. For that reason, every gearbox is built with a specific gear ratio, which supplies it with the correct level of force needed for the task at hand. Sometimes, gearboxes create a right angle change in direction. This feature is particularly valued for the proper function of rotary motors in helicopters. No matter its exact configuration, the construction of a gearbox is, by and large, fixed. The only feature of a gearbox that can be modified after its creation is an adjustment that slows an increase in shaft speed and a related torque reduction.

Gearbox Materials

Gearboxes may be made from a number of different materials, though the most common type of materials from which they are made are steel-based metals like stainless steel. Other common metal materials from which gearboxes may be made include aluminum, iron and brass. In addition, some types of gears and/or gears with particular shapes, such as spur gears, may be made using less durable materials like nylon or polycarbonate. In the end, what material or material type a manufacturer selects to make a gearbox directly correlates to the performance the manufacturer wishes for the gearbox. For example, more durable materials equip a gearbox with the larger torque reduction capabilities and an ability to resist the power of stronger motors, making the gearbox more durable as well. Less durable materials, for the same reasons in reverse, are best suited in the construction of gearboxes that will be paired with low power motors. Another consideration that manufacturers make when constructing a gearbox is its teeth, as the teeth of a gearbox significantly affect its strength and efficiency. A gearbox with straight teeth, for example, is typically only employed in a low-speed application, while a gearbox with helical teeth, which is much stronger and provides much greater efficiency in terms of torque reduction, is much more likely to be purchased for use with a high-speed application.

Types of Gearboxes

Gearboxes are typically divided into three main categories: manual, automatic and continuously variable. Manual gearboxes, also known as manual transmission or stick-shifts, are gearboxes used in automotive applications that shift with the help of an operator. To shift the gear, said operator will use some sort of lever, such as a clutch, brake pedal, movable gear stick or hand lever. Some manual gearboxes allow a driver to shift to any selected gear at any time, while others restrict their movement at one time to only the gear below or the gear above. Automatic gearboxes or automatic transmission (AT), on the other hand, shift gears without the assistance of an operator. Instead, they, as one might assume, shift automatically based on cues given by the vehicle or system itself. Finally, continuously variable gearboxes or transmission (CVT), which also work automatically, shift through a continuous range of different gear ratios, as opposed to a fixed number of gear ratios. Typically, continuously variable gearboxes are found in snowmobiles, golf carts, small tractors, motor scooters and other small motorized vehicles and utility vehicles. Wind turbines are also gearboxes. Through the very slow rotation of the turbines themselves and the large amount of torque generated therein, wind turbines are able to transfer power to electricity generators, which have much faster rotational speeds and lower torque outputs. Because wind turbines, which may be considered large scale gearboxes, contain many different gears and stages, the electricity generator into which their power goes can still offer consistent output, even when the turbine’s rate of rotation inevitably fluctuates.

Things to Consider When Purchasing Gearboxes

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Gearhead Quick Select Cheat Sheet Produced

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New Plans, Partners, and Products in 2013

DieQua is known for the wide range of gearboxes and similar drive components that we provide for a number of machine design applications. It is through continual innovation in product development and the adjoining of new manufacturing partners that enables us to meet the ever growing needs of the industry. As the new year gets underway, we are in the process of expanding our product offering and increasing the local production of current products, which will reduce leadtimes as well as make these products more cost effective. Two additional product... Read More About This