Markets & Applications
High Torque in a Small Package
Delivering Efficiency and Reliability to Your Application
Precision Planetary Gearboxes, known for their high efficiency, compact size, and ability to handle high torque loads, are widely used across various industries and applications. Each of these applications leverages the planetary gearbox’s ability to deliver high torque in a small package while maintaining efficiency and reliability.
Common Applications
High Precision, High Efficiency, Smooth Control
Industrial Machinery
- Conveyors and Lifts: Planetary gears are used in conveyor belts, escalators, and lifts due to their high torque transmission and space saving design.
- Palletizers, and Material Handling Systems: Provide torque and speed control for moving heavy loads with minimal energy loss.
- Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs): Enhance load capacity and movement control while maintaining energy efficiency.
- Mixers and Agitators: Their durability under high load makes planetary gears ideal for equipment like mixers and agitators, which require consistent, high torque to operate effectively.
- Cranes and Hoists: Their compact design and high load-carrying capacity make planetary gearboxes ideal for crane and hoist mechanisms, enabling precise load control and stability.
- Automated Production Work Cells
- CNC Machine Tools
Laser Cutting Equipment
Major laser cutting machine OEMS have chosen GearKo’s products for their sheet metal and/or tube cutting machines.
Primary Requirements: High-precision positioning, smooth motion control
Model used: TB Series, TBR Series
Labeling Machine Equipment
The most economical choice for labeling machines and other CNC equipment.
Primary Requirements: High efficiency, durability
Model used: TCB Series, TCBR Series, TCE Series
Precision with Flexibility
Robotics
- Precision Movements: Planetary gear systems in robotics help achieve fine movements with high torque, which is crucial for industrial robots used in manufacturing and automation.
- Actuators: Many robotic actuators employ planetary gears to deliver high torque in compact spaces, especially in robotic arms or grippers where precision and control are necessary.
Delta Robot OEM
We collaborated with a Delta robot OEM from its startup stage to the present, achieving sales of $11 million.
Primary Requirements: Precision, flexibility, compact structure
Model used: THA Series
Precision and Dependability
Semiconductor Processing
& Testing Equipment
- Wafer Handling
- Wafer Dicing
- OCD Measurement
State-of-the-Art
Medical Equipment
- Surgical Tools: Planetary gear systems allow for small, high-precision, and torque-efficient components in surgical instruments, where accuracy and control are critical.
- MRI Machines and Scanners: Certain scanning and imaging equipment use planetary gears for smooth and controlled movements, critical for patient imaging accuracy.
- Analysis and Instrumentation Devices
Efficiency and Reliability
Commercial Products
- Commercial Cleaning Equipment: Planetary gears distribute power evenly across all four wheels
- Electric Bikes
“GearKo has been extremely supportive of our product development with short lead times and fair prices.
The gearboxes have performed significantly better than the competitors we tested and are currently our
choice to move forward in our production product.”
— Opex Automation Mechanical Engineer
Give Us a Try
GearKo® Test &
Evaluation Program
Combine GearKo® high-precision planetary gearboxes with a servo or stepper motor and the result is proven performance that is often significantly better than the competition.
Want to put us to the test?
Check out our Evaluation Program.
Need a Standard, Modified or Customized
OEM Solution?
We can help. We will work with you to develop exactly the
right solution to meet your specific requirements.
