Gears are used in thousands of different machines, from spacecrafts we launch into orbit to the watch around your wrist. As a gear manufacturer, we’ve made custom gears for hundreds of businesses in dozens of industries, including some truly unique requests. Our core customers typically come from a several industries that have a high demand for gears on a regular basis:
- Energy. Almost every form of energy generation requires gears to function. For example, wind turbines need large gears to translate spinning motion to power, and solar arrays often use pinions to focus light onto power towers.
- Mining. Mining unfolds in many different locations, including above ground and below ground, and each location requires slightly different equipment to excavate, dig, or transfer materials. Accordingly, they need large gears and shafts to operate efficiently.
- Infrastructure. Infrastructure is a major category, including our roads and highways, our electrical grids, and even our sewers. Gears are a core component of many of these structures, as well as the equipment needed to build and maintain them.
- Railroad. The railroad industry requires many types of gears, including gears within locomotives to keep them moving, gears in the switches on the track, and gears in the equipment designed to maintain and improve the railroad system overall.
We have also worked in the industrial machinery, medical, aerospace, marine military, packaging and other industries and work with new customers in new industries everyday. If you’re looking for a new gear manufacturer, or if you’re ready to get a quote on your next project, contact Federal Gear today!