Distributor strengthens footings for gearboxes
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ZF Great Britain product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 27, 2004
ZF Industrial has strengthened its footing in the UK market for high performance servo gearheads by appointing drive system specialist Drive Lines Technologies as a distributor in South East England.
ZF Industrial has strengthened its footing in the UK market for high performance servo gearheads by appointing drive system specialist Drive Lines Technologies as a distributor in the South East of England.
The ZF range has enabled Drive Lines to better serve its customers with complete power transmission solutions for backlash-critical applications; such as those found in precision milling, drilling, grinding and other machining operations.
Bedford based Drive Lines has supplied specialist power transmission solutions to designers and manufacturers of diverse systems and machines since 1985, and has developed one of the most trusted names in the business.
Its product portfolio includes flexible and offset shaft couplings, positive drive shafts, precision screw jacks, low cost planetary gearboxes and now, thanks to the recent agreement, ZF's high performance WT, PG and PGE servo gearheads.
Peter Newbery, Internal Sales Engineer at Drive Lines explains: "We already specify and supply high-volume low-cost planetary reduction gearboxes and geared motors for use in applications where backlash is not critical".
"With the addition of the ZF range of gearboxes, we can now provide our customers with high-performance low-backlash solutions backed up with off-the-shelf supplies, focussed technical advice and product support".
Rob Pearson, Account Manager for ZF adds: "The addition of Drive Lines as a distributorship enables us to provide experienced support to customers at a local level in the South East and further strengthens our standing in the UK market as one of the leading suppliers of driveline technology".
"The WT, PG and PGE servo gearheads are the perfect complement to Drive Lines' current stock as they are not only directly interchangeable with other brands, but also very cost competitive".
"Our compact WT series right-angled gearheads mount to any commercial servomotor, allowing Drive Lines to cover mechanical power and torque ranges required for most instrument and industrial motion control applications".
"PG planetary inline units offer a high degree of torsional rigidity, which, coupled with guaranteed low levels of backlash, make them particularly suitable for customers with servo drive systems requiring exceptional levels of positional accuracy and reliability".
"The economy PGE series offers long, maintenance free operational life and can be fitted to shafts of just 3mm diameter, allowing Drive Lines to offer a cost effective way to torque-up the performance not only of servomotors but also of fractional horsepower motors".
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