Reducers / Gearboxes

Introduction

Welcome to the Beginners' Guide for reducers. This section is intended to assist visitors in understanding the fundamentals of reducers as there are a number of reducer suppliers worldwide, offering a significantly diverse range of reducers for different applications. It is important that designers are aware of the basics of gearboxes to ensure that optimum designs and layouts are achieved.

The content of this section is growing to include contributions from a number of reducer suppliers so that visitors are afforded the opportunity to examine the broadest possible cross-section of reducer technology. It is however extremely difficult to address all aspects of reducer design and to anticipate questions which may arise from the public. We therefore encourage visitors to provide us with any queries they may have regarding reducers, so that Ckit can approach Suppliers for content to address these specific issues.

References to brochures and catalogue information has been provided in this portal. Visitors should know however that a growing number of Suppliers are placing comprehensive catalogues of their full range of equipment onto the internet, enabling relatively easy access to significant catalogue and parts directories. Ckit has thus provided links to these sites directly, to improve accessibility wherever possible.

Contents

Introduction to reducers. Supplier information. History of reducers. Types of gearboxes. Terminology. Helpful basic theory.

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