Gear and Gear Train Design
Scientifically designed and evaluated plastic gears for the utmost in reliability and performance.
Custom Plastic Gear and Gear Train Design
Enplas combines scientific design principles with proprietary data and expertise to produce optimal plastic gears that meet or exceed your performance goals. Our gears and gear trains are scientifically designed and evaluated for the utmost in reliability and performance. Combining high-end CAE simulation and modeling technology with our comprehensive, one-of-a-kind material and empirical gear performance database, we deliver service you won’t find anywhere else.
Worm Gear | Spur Gear | Spiral Bevel Gear | Crown Gear | And More
The Science Behind Enplas’s Calculated Gear Performance
Scientific Performance
All of Enplas’s custom plastic gear and gear train designs are based on statistical data. Each gear’s performance is established using scientific modelling based on our proprietary gear and material database. Our simulations include linear and non-linear stress analysis, multi-body dynamics analysis, and mold flow analysis for scientific design. Whether you need durability at a specific torque, a longer-lasting gear, or adherence to a specific noise level, we deliver the performance you need through science.
Development Speed
Our plastic gear design services are fast and efficient. That’s because we base our designs on statistical analysis, not educated guesses or blind trial-and-error. Enplas can guide you to the fastest pathway to a successful custom plastic gear product.
Expertise on Demand
You don’t need to be an expert in designing and making gears for your products. Enplas is here to be your expert. No print? No problem: we can custom-design your plastic gears and gear trains from scratch with or without a print, including the selection of the best materials for your product. Simply describe your performance goals, and we’ll scientifically construct the best plastic gears for your application.
How Enplas Achieves Custom Gear Excellence
PRECISION: Enplas precisely measures each gear and gear train’s physical attributes on the most cutting-edge equipment today. Dimensions like tooth dimension, perfect roundness, and meshing accuracy are measured in exact scientific values.
RELIABILITY: Each gear and gear train is rigorously tested on Enplas’s performance-centric evaluation equipment. Elements such as durability, torque, noise, and meshing efficiency are analyzed in consideration of your performance specifications. From temperature control to soundproof spaces, our metrology facility maintains an environment that eliminates interference or measurement errors.
KNOWLEDGE: With our production of one billion plastic gears annually, Enplas has accumulated a vast amount of knowledge in scientific plastic gear construction. Using our extensive knowledge database, cutting-edge capabilities, and scientific modeling technologies, we determine which material, gear geometry, tooth profile, gear ratio, and meshing and gear combination will achieve the performance levels you require.
VALIDATION: Enplas conducts statistical confirmation of theoretical design. This means that we physically test optimal gear designs using special gear-performance metrology. We will then conduct statistical analysis to validate the gear’s projected performance.
The result is a rigorously tested gear design and guaranteed gear performance.
What Types of Problems Can Enplas Solve?
- I don’t know what’s making my gear break!
- My gear’s current periodic noise level is 60 dB(A). I want to reduce this to 50 db(A).
- I want to optimize and reduce size of my gear train.
- I want to reduce number of parts by combining components of my gear train.
- I want to increase my gear’s safety factor without compromising cost and noise.
- Can I convert my metal gears to plastics without losing durability?
- I need a custom gear for a vacuum cleaner motor.
- I’m new to this. How do plastic gears work?
- I need a new mold for my plastic gears.
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What's Next?
Meticulous custom gear and gear train design is wasted if the gear can’t be manufactured to precision. Enplas has cutting-edge tool making and precision molding expertise for volume production to replicate your designs to the utmost detail.
Whether you require full development assistance from the ground up, assistance with noise or durability issues, or just need help completing your design with DFM (Design for Manufacturability), Enplas is there.
For more information on how Enplas designs, evaluates, and modifies plastic gear components, contact us today.