‘Gearheads’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release QTC catalogue features more than 16,000 components from Quality Transmission Components, which we summarised at the time by saying "Quality Transmission Components (QTC) has announced the availability of its free Q470 catalogue. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Wittenstein gearhead suits space-restricted apps from Wittenstein (formerly alpha gear drives): "Wittenstein has developed the V-Drive+ Servo Worm Gearhead that meets requirements for resource-efficient servo applications and is predestined for applications where space is restricted. ".

In September 2009, we covered the news from Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument - take a look at Sterling offers right-angle EG planetary gearheads which says: "Sterling Instrument, an ISO 9001:2000+AS9100B-registered manufacturer, has introduced a series of right-angle EG planetary gearheads.".

Take a look also at the news release from Midwest Motion Products, DC gear motor accepts any 24VDC source, as well as Parker actuators have standard gearhead options from Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical and Drives Division, and CD-ROM features catalogues and demos from Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument.

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Parker gearhead offers optional output faces (May 2009)

Parker's Electromechanical Automation Division has announced an expansion to its line of PV gearheads.

SDP/SI releases D795 inch/metric catalogue (May 2009)

Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI) has published the 360-page 'Inch/Metric Supplement Catalog, D795', containing over 7,000 components.

Delta Line supplies low-noise miniature gearheads (April 2009)

Delta Line Europe presents the Zeitlauf Gearmotors Noiselessplus range of miniature gearheads for medical, leisure goods, robotic and other applications.

Midwest Motion Products offers DC gear motor (April 2009)

Midwest Motion Products, based in Watertown, Minnesota, has released the MMP-TM55-24VGP52-04.3 DC gear motor.

Maxon provides motor drives for radiation therapy (February 2009)

Maxon Motor UK has supplied 120 motor drives, with associated gearheads and encoders, to Varian Medical Systems for its HD 120 MLC computerised radiation machine.

Maxon's drives certified for medical applications (January 2009)

Maxon Motor's precision drives have demonstrated their suitability for use in medical applications by achieving the industry's ISO 13485 quality standard.

Maxon releases the EC-powermax 22 (January 2009)

Maxon Motor has introduced a 22mm diameter brushless DC unit.

Maxon Motor unveils brushless DC unit (December 2008)

Among the latest additions to the Maxon Motor catalogue and selection programme is a 22mm diameter brushless DC unit.

Sterling offers right-angle EG planetary gearheads

Sterling Instrument, an ISO 9001:2000+AS9100B-registered manufacturer, has introduced a series of right-angle EG planetary gearheads.
Delta Line supplies low-noise miniature gearheads

Delta Line Europe presents the Zeitlauf Gearmotors Noiselessplus range of miniature gearheads for medical, leisure goods, robotic and other applications.