Gears St Louis
Gears are used in tons of mechanical devices. They do several important jobs, but most important, they provide a gear reduction in motorized equipment. This is key because, often, a small motor spinning very fast can provide enough power for a device, but not enough torque. For instance, an electric screwdriver has a very large gear reduction because it needs lots of torque to turn screws, but the motor only produces a small amount of torque at a high speed. With a gear reduction, the output speed can be reduced while the torque is increased.
Another thing gears do is adjust the direction of rotation. For instance, in the differential between the rear wheels of your car, the power is transmitted by a shaft that runs down the center of the car, and the differential has to turn that power 90 degrees to apply it to the wheels.
There are a lot of intricacies in the different types of gears. In this article, we’ll learn exactly how the teeth on gears work, and we’ll talk about the different types of gears you find in all sorts of mechanical gadgets.
Advanced Jiffy Machine Products, Inc was established in January of 1979 as a general machine shop, doing work for area industries and aerospace companies. The company started out in downtown Monett, Missouri, and in July of 1982 moved into a new 4500 square foot climate controlled building located in the Industrial Park. In 1983, we added gear manufacturing to our product line to branch out and add a needed specialized service to our business. As our business and customer base has grown over the years, we have been through two more expansions making our building 8000 square feet.
We do a variety of different operations including:
– CNC gear work, including shaft splining, internal splines, sprockets, gear sets, helicals (internal and external), spurs, specialized gearing, and timing belt pulleys.
– CNC lathe work, including hard turning, hard boring, and other various turning and boring operations as needed.
– General machining and complete gearbox manufacturing.
We are willing to quote on product development work, repair work, and production lots both large and small.
We make gears ranging in outside diameter size from less than a 1/2″ to 25” and shafts 3″ in diameter and up to 40 feet long. We can also shape and broach internal gears. Some of the industries that we provide gears and other services include oil, gas, winch, printing, farm implement, industrial gears, and many others.
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