Gear Troubleshooting
Enplas engineers customize plastic gear solutions to overcome the most common manufacturing challenges.
Engineered Plastic Gear Solutions
Enplas’s in-house expertise, broad proprietary knowledge, real-life testing processes, and scientific engineering spell “quality prototyping and mass production” for customers at the levels they demand.
Trust Enplas to help you meet your plastic gear and gear train requirements for:
Noise | Strength | Prototype Delivery Timeline | Prototype and Production Manufacturing Budgets | Gear Train Design Optimization
High-Strength Solutions
Enplas identifies issues in your current plastic gear design’s strength and provides optimized solutions to meet your mass manufacturing goals.
We provide science-based estimates of your gear’s static and fatigue strength beyond the standard computer-aided engineering (CAE) analyses. We supplement CAE data with actual gear testing on state-of-the-art equipment coupled with our unique database of real-life gear performance metrics to design and manufacture high-strength plastic gears.
With Enplas, you can achieve the plastic gear strength you need while preventing manufacturing and performance issues down the road.
CAE | State-of-the-Art Gear Testing | Longevity and Wear Estimates | Design Expertise | Quality Mass Production
Low Noise Solutions
Whatever noise thresholds you’re trying to meet, Enplas can analyze the source of noise in your plastic gear units, design the solution, and manufacture your product with precision.
Enplas is one of the only custom plastic gear engineers in the industry with the sophisticated equipment required to conduct noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) analyses on gear units with high degrees of accuracy. Our engineers interpret the results to design and manufacture custom plastic gears that satisfy noise thresholds and ensure quality, consistent mass production.
Expert Measurement | Design Expertise | Quality Mass Production
Cost Reduction Solutions
Enplas ensures your plastic gear production is cost-efficient while maintaining the high gear quality you demand. Our expert design-for-manufacturing (DFM) consultation services, injection-molding simulations, and tooling solutions optimize your plastic gear production and keep costs down. Once the design is finalized, Enplas designs and builds the molds you need to maximize plastic gear injection-molding efficiency.
During gear design, Enplas proposes Value Engineering (VE) to reduce costs such as material optimization, size reduction, combining multiple parts into one, and more.
Cost Reduction Solutions | DFM Consultation | Production Optimization | Injection Molding Simulations| Mold Design & Construction | Design Expertise | Quality Mass Production
Rapid Prototyping Solutions
For customers looking for a fast, affordable prototyping solution that still delivers the quality they demand, Enplas has the answer.
Most companies provide soft tooling quick molds and hardened steel prototyping. Enplas is the only company that provides a third option: “quick gear molds” that are deliverable in as little as four weeks at mass-production quality at an economical price. With this option, customers can conduct several iterations of high-grade prototypes with high levels of accuracy and quality, quickly and within budget.
Enplas quick gear mold service is available for the following gears: worm; compound helical/spur; compound spur/spur; spur; planetary; and ring.
Quick Molds | Hardened Steel Prototyping | Quick Gear Molds | Design Expertise | Quality Mass Production
Gear Train Optimization Solutions
Is your gear train design taking longer than expected? Do you have concerns about its performance? Let Enplas propose the best, most-optimized gear train for your needs.
Using state-of-the-art proprietary and conventional software solutions, Enplas calculates whole-gear-train performance to deliver optimized designs for your specifications. Our manufacturing capability allows us to mass manufacture plastic gear trains in the quality and consistency you demand.
With Enplas, you get efficient plastic gear train designs with an optimal balance of torque, strength, noise, size, cost, and more.
Plastic Gear Train Design | Performance Calculations | Gear Train Optimization | Design Expertise | Quality Mass Production
