Philadelphia Gear

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King of Prussia, PA  |  800-766-5120

Philadelphia Gear is a leading manufacturer and service provider of high-quality gears, gearboxes, and related power transmission equipment. Founded in 1892, the company has over 100 years of experience in the industry and has established itself as a reliable and trusted partner for customers around the world.

Philadelphia Gear's gear products include a wide range of custom-engineered gears for applications such as power generation, industrial processes, and marine propulsion. The company has the expertise to design, manufacture, and service gears in a variety of sizes, from small gears used in automotive transmissions to large gears used in heavy-duty industrial equipment. Philadelphia Gear also offers a range of gearbox products, including standard and custom-designed speed reducers, enclosed gear drives, and open gear drives.

Philadelphia Gear's service capabilities are equally impressive, with a team of highly skilled engineers, technicians, and field service personnel who are dedicated to providing exceptional service and support to customers. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including gear and gearbox repair, reconditioning, and overhaul, as well as predictive maintenance, vibration analysis, and on-site field service support. Philadelphia Gear's service capabilities are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including advanced gear testing and measurement tools, as well as a fully equipped manufacturing and repair facility.

In addition to its gear products and service capabilities, Philadelphia Gear is committed to innovation and continuous improvement. The company invests heavily in research and development, and its team of engineers and technicians is constantly working to develop new technologies and improve existing products and processes. Philadelphia Gear is also committed to sustainability, with a focus on reducing energy consumption, minimizing waste, and improving the efficiency of its products and operations.

Overall, Philadelphia Gear is a world-class provider of gears and gear-related products and services, with a long history of excellence in the industry. With its focus on quality, innovation, and customer service, Philadelphia Gear is well-positioned to meet the needs of customers in a wide range of industries and applications.

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Bevel Gears

Bevel Gears

A bevel gear is a toothed rotating machine element used to transfer mechanical energy or shaft power between shafts that are intersecting, either perpendicular or at an angle. This results in a change in the axis of rotation of the shaft power...

Helical Gears

Helical Gears

A gear is a particular kind of simple machine that controls the strength or direction of a force. A gear train is made up of multiple gears that are combined and connected by their teeth. These gear trains allow energy to move from...

Planetary Gears

Planetary Gear System

A planetary gear is an epicyclic gear that consists of a central gear, referred to as the sun gear and serves as the input gear, which has three or more gears that rotate around it that are referred to as planets. The planet gears engage with a ring gear that encircles the sun...

Plastic Gears

Plastic Gears

A plastic gear is a toothed wheel made up of engineering plastic materials that work with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts. The engineering plastic materials used in manufacturing plastic gears can be...

Spur Gears

Spur Gears

A spur gear is a cylindrical toothed gear with teeth that are parallel to the shaft and is used to transfer mechanical motion and control speed, power, and torque between shafts. They are the most popular types of cylindrical gears and...

Worm Gears

Worm Gears

A worm gear is a staggered shaft gear that creates motion between shafts using threads that are cut into a cylindrical bar to provide speed reduction. The combination of a worm wheel and worm are the components of a worm gear...

Types of Gears

Types of Gears

A rotary circular machine with a tooth in its structure and is used to transfer torque and speed from one shaft to another is called a gear. Gears are also known as cogs and have cut teeth in the cogwheel or gear wheel...

Ball Screws

Ball Screw Animation

Ball screws are mechanical linear actuators that consist of a screw shaft and a nut that contain a ball that rolls between their matching helical grooves. The primary function of ball screws is to convert rotational motion to linear motion...

Lead Screw

Lead Screws

A lead screw is a kind of mechanical linear actuator that converts rotational motion into linear motion. Its operation relies on the sliding of the screw shaft and the nut threads with no ball bearings between them...

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