Industrial gear units are gear units designed for continuous operation and are also perfect for use in extreme operating conditions and special applications. Gear units are the link between the motor and the application. Their task is to convert torque and rotational speed, adjust mass inertia and increase positioning accuracy. Industrial gear units are usually characterised by their performance, sturdy design and long service life.
Our gear units are used in factory automation. To meet industrial requirements, they need to have a sturdy design, controlled energy consumption, long service life, precision, be easy to maintain, fail-safe and operationally reliable. Festo gear units are also perfect for use with the appropriate motors.
Angular gears are all gear units whose input and output shafts are at an angle to each other, resulting in a deflection of 90° degrees. They can also be designed to work at other angles in special cases. The axes have a common intersection point. It is also an alternative term for bevel gear units. The most important feature of a bevel gear unit is the angular transmission, which allows the user to change the rotation system of a machine. You can thus change from a transverse rotation system to a longitudinal one. Gear units with bevel gears are compact and sturdy and can transmit high power.
Planetary gear sets, also called epicyclic gears or epicyclic gear units, are industrial gear units, or more precisely friction gear units or toothed gears. They are so called because the rotating planet wheels (carrier pinions) orbit the central sun wheel (sun pinion) just as the planets in our solar system orbit the sun. Planetary gear sets are extremely efficient. They permit a very high transmission ratio. If your application requires high precision, we recommend that you choose planetary gear sets.