A machine builder comes with an software to rotate tooling around an Aerospace element and wish to use a curved rack and pinion drive to achieve this. To keep accurate positioning, there would be two axis drives to rotate the axis and remove backlash using electric preloading.

The curved rack will be a special design simply by the client based on the device requirements and the look envelope they have to work with.
ATLANTA could work with the client on the look of the curved rack to boost it’s manufacturability and confirm that it would be able to handle the application loading. The rack was created as a special item and used ATLANTA’s vast experience and knowledge in equipment production.

A precision planetary reducer was chosen with a ISO flanged pinion mounted to the output to drive on the rack. The flanged pinion provided a compact design to reduce the amount of torque necessary at the reducer result. The reducer offered a rigid support of the flanged pinion and allowed for a large reduction ratio to obtain the motor speed up as high as possible.
What is a gear rack? A rack and pinion is a set of gears which convert rotational motion into linear movement. A circular equipment known as the pinion engages teeth on a linear gear bar gear rack for Aerospace Industry china called the gear rack. Rotational motion applied to the pinion causes the apparatus rack to move, therefore translating the rotational movement of the pinion in to the linear motion of the gear rack.

Automotive steering, milling machines, grinders, and meat processing machines are a several machines using gear racks. Equipment racks are also found in robotics, CNC routers, materials handling systems, automation systems, and the aerospace sector.

We also offer custom gear rack manufacturing. We can manufacture gear racks in a variety of materials such as plastic, brass, metal and aluminum. We are able to also produce spur gears, bevel gears, helical gears, gear clusters, metric gears, anti-backlash gears, worm gears, gear blanks, gear share, pinion shafts, ratchets and pawls. We are able to also produce gears with pin hubs, clamp hubs, or hubless.
We manufacture a wide variety of gear types complete or can cut gear teeth on consumer supplied blanks. We make rack and pinion gears, face gears, band gears and other special gears for the following industries: aviation, protection and aerospace instrumentation, commercial, energy, general industry and equipment, health care, leisure, musical instrument, power tool, scientific study and transportation. Ever-Power manufactures gears using modern machining methods to customer specifications.