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Aluminum Gears Characteristics

Aluminum is a metal like steel, brass, copper, zinc, lead.

It can be melted, cast, molded, and machined like metals.

The aluminum properties are the following: 

• Lightweight- Aluminum has a specific weight of 2.7 g/cm3, about a third of steel.
• Anti-corrosive- Aluminum naturally forms a thin oxide coating that protects it from further exposure.
• Conductivity- Aluminum conducts heat and electricity twice as well as copper.
• Reflectivity- Aluminum is a good heat and light reflector. Therefore it’s ideal for light fixtures and emergency blankets. Cool metal roofs can minimize internal solar heat by up to 95%.
• Malleable- It can be melted and treated in numerous ways. Due to its flexibility, it can manufacture goods after the design process.
• Low-Temperature Strength- Aluminum gains tensile strength instead of fragile steel.

It coats the surface, protecting it. Less pricey than carbon steel, aluminum alloys cost more. They are easy to machine, therefore balancing the material cost rise.

They are toothed mechanical components that transfer motion and power between machine parts.

Mechanical devices like clocks, instruments, and equipment use gears to convey motion and power, whereas motorized devices like cars and machinery use them to decrease speed and torque.

More of aluminum gear application:

• Electronic
• Appliance
• Auto
• Industrial equipment
• Gearbox machinery
• Textiles, 
• Printing, 
• Packaging, 
• Medical equipment
• Food processing
• Wind power

Different Types of Aluminum Gear

A gearbox decreases the engine’s speed and reverses the direction of the revolving shafts.

Connexions between the equipment and the gearbox include couplings, chains, and hollow shafts.

When power is constant, speed and torque are inversed. Torque increases as speed decreases.

Gears transmit power in pairs.

These are the many types of aluminum gear:

Spur Gear

• Parallel shafts drive spur gears.
• Spur gears are hub or shaft mounted.
• Unlike helical gears, spur gears only have one contact line between teeth.
• The teeth roll through the mesh, away from one tooth and toward the next.
• Asymmetrical gears have fewer teeth in contact and thus more torque.

Helical Gear

• Unlike spur gears, helical gears’ teeth face the shaft.
• Because more teeth touch during rotation, helical gears can handle a higher load.
• Inner gear drives use helical gearing to provide thrust demand.

Double Helical Gear

• Double helical gears have two helical faces adjacent, separated by a gap.
• Each face has the same helix angles.
• It also provides for improved operating of double helical gears.

Herringbone Gear

• They are like double-helical gears but without the gap.
• These gears are appropriate for applications requiring strong shock and vibration.
• Manufacturing challenges and high costs make herringbone gearing uncommon.

Bevel Gear

• These gears are commonly used to transfer power between shafts.
• They are typical in right-angle gear drives. Parallel shafts can transmit greater torque per size than bevel gears.

Worm Gear

• Right-angled worm gears drive non-intersecting shafts.
• However, worm gears are inefficient compared to other gear types.
• So it uses a lower horsepower application.

Hypoid Gear

• They work like spiral bevel gears but on non-intersecting shafts.
• Bearings support the shafts at both ends since the pinion is on a different plane than the gear.

Gears convey rotating motion by teeth meshing.

Gears are typical for speed reduction, high torque, and positioning devices.

The radius and number of teeth of the gear are crucial parameters.

The gears’ gear size, design, and shape vary to meet various industrial needs.

Processing:

• Hobbing
• Broaching
• Shaping
• Milling
• Forging

Materials:

• Acd12, 
• A380, 
• ZLD104, 
• Al 6061, 
• Al 6082, 
• Al 6063, 
• Al 075

Heat treatment:

• Quenching
• Tempering
• Carburizing

Surface treatment:

• Zinc-plated, 
• Chrome plated, 
• Black oxide, 
• Galvanizing

Sizes:

• m = 0.5 to m = 8, Z≥6
• 10mm≤ D≤500mm

We can customize aluminum gear to meet your specific needs.

We always conduct pre-production samples and always do a final inspection.