Spur Gears
Module : 0.5-10
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
Among spur gears, there exist wide variations in terms of the number of teeth, module (pitch of the teeth), accuracy depending on the use of teeth grinding, hardness depending on quenching, material, with or without shaft, method of shaft fastening, etc.
Helical Gears
Module : 1-3
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
There are wide variations among helical gears in terms of helix angle, twisting direction, reference cross section of gear, etc. Just like spur gears, there are wide variations in terms of number of teeth, module, material, presence or absence of polishing and quenching.
Internal Gears
Module : 0.5-3
Non-hardened
Non-ground
Internal gears are the gears which have their teeth inside cylinders or cones and are frequently used in planetary gear mechanisms. The internal gear always meshes with an external gear where the internal gear is always the large gear while the external gear is the pinion. In these cases, involute interferences, trochoid interferences, or triming may occur depending on the number of teeth of the meshing gears.
Gear Rack
Module : 0.5-10
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
Gear racks are rod-like gears used to turn rotating motion into linear motion, and can be considered as large gears with pitch cylinders of infinite radii. The gear racks are used for machine tools and steering systems of automobiles. Helical racks are gear racks whose tooth traces are diagonal.
Miter Gears
Module : 0.5-10
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
Miter gears are a type of bevel gears composed of a pair of bevel gears with the same number of teeth and a pitch surface angle of 45°. Just as in bevel gears, there are straight miter gears with straight tooth traces and spiral miter gears with twisted tooth traces. In addition, there are special miter gears called angular miter gears whose shaft angles are not 90 degrees.
Bevel Gears
Module : 0.5-8
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
Bevel gears are conical gears which transmit motion between intersecting axes (two axes intersecting at one point) and categorized into “straight bevel gears” with straight tooth traces and “spiral bevel gears” with twisted tooth traces.
Screw Gears
Module : 1-4
Non-hardened
Non-ground
Screw gears are a type of helical gears (cylindrical gears) used between skewed axes, which neither intersect nor are parallel to each other. Screw gears are unsuitable for high-load operations and also need enough lubrication because they transmit motion and rotation by sliding.
Worm Gear
Module : 0.5-6
Hardened / Non-hardened
Ground / Non-ground
Worm gears are a pair of small gears used to gain a large speed reduction ratio with skewed axes. Within the pair, the gear with a fewer number and screw-shaped teeth is called the worm while the cylindrical gear with more teeth is called the worm wheel.