Stock gearsets cut machine downtime

Gearbox Direct now holds a huge range of matched worm and wheel gearsets in stock. The gearsets are interchangeable with most leading brands of gearbox. The service is aimed mainly at large maintenance departments and commercial gearbox repairers and rebuilders, who will benefit from ex-stock availability and top quality worm gear sets that can be easily modified to suit virtually all gearboxes.

The service reduces the time for repairs from anything between 4 and 6 weeks to a matter of hours.

The speed of supply and variation available should help overcome the problems faced everyday by gearbox rebuilders and repairers.

In many instances these concerns are frustrated in their efforts to provide fast gearbox rebuilds by the waiting time for original parts, typically 4 to 6 weeks.

Gearbox Direct's versatile worm gearsets are designed to overcome this problem.

They can be easily modified to suit virtually all gearbox types with comparable ratios and centre distances, simply by matching both ends of the extended, unfinished shafts.

This can be undertaken by the repairer/rebuilder or by Gearbox Direct itself.

The comprehensive range of "off-the-shelf" gearsets is available in ratios from 5:1 to 70:1 and centres from 5 to 14in".

Special worms and wheels can also be manufactured to customer specifications.

For maximum efficiency and reliability, all the gearshafts are made from case-hardened alloy steel with ground involute-helicoids profiles.

The worm wheels are manufactured from centrifugally cast phosphor bronze.

Gearbox Direct will also manufactures made to order gearboxes and gearsets for non-standard applications.