When are custom gears needed? - Gear Tips
From the viewpoint of design, gears can be broadly classified into the following two categories.
- Standard gears that have already been designed and commercialized
- Custom gears, which are individually designed and manufactured according to the user's specific application requirements
If there is a stock product that matches the required specifications, it is better to select standard gears because they do not require any design work and there is abundant experience in manufacturing and use of the product.
On the other hand, custom gears are preferred in the following cases.
- When there are no standard gears that satisfy the combination of the number of teeth corresponding to the required speed ratio
- When the strength of the standard gears under consideration is insufficient
- When special materials such as SNCM or SACM are required
- If there are no standard gears that meet the required dimensions, for example, the bore diameter is smaller than the standard one
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