Gearing Solutions builds small speed reducers that work as speed-increasers (for small kilowatt-rated wind turbines) based on principles similar to chain couplings. With the addition of an internal roller gear, a driver, and multiple planets, we have found that load capacities can increase up to 300%.
Speed reducers and increasers from Gearbox Solutions are based on these concepts.
Our gearboxes are constructed using NU LOBE gears, which optimize the roller gear profile. These gearboxes are up to 50% shorter than standard designs, can manage 30 horsepower and higher, and can replicate NEMA dimensions.
The roller-gear matrix ranges from under 1-in. diameter to over 48 in., inputs range from as little as 4-in. lb to 10,500-in. lb and higher. Our Nulobe planetary drivers matched with the original roller gears creates a planetary gear set that puts maximum power into minimum space. We also make standard gears on customized blanks.
For one wind turbine manufacturer uses our gearbox in a particularly difficult application. They must withstand shock loads, have a reliable resolution, increase speeds (preferably by a minimum of 1 to 6) and be lightweight, long-lived, and reliable. Speed increasers are not speed-reducers run backward. In the case of increasers, speed kills the components, not torque.
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