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Product Features
90°, non-intersecting shaft applications solution highly specialized power tranny needs.
Our worm gears provide smoothest, quietest kind of gearing.
They provide high-ratio speed worm gear box assembly reduction in minimal spaces.
Their efficiency is easily increased by reducing ratios.
With some ratios, there is level of resistance to back driving.
Offered from 48 DP to 3 DP
Stocked as single, double and quad start configurations
Because the efficiency of a worm equipment drive depends on the lead angle and number of begins on the worm – and because increased efficiency is always a goal, the ratio ought to be kept as low as possible. To run properly, worms and worm gears used together must have the same diametral pitch and threads.
Worms & Worm Gears
EP Gear’s worms and worm gears provide a highly effective answer for power transmitting applications requiring high-ratio speed reduction in a limited space using right angle (90°), nonintersecting shafts. When properly used, worms and worm gears supply the smoothest, quietest type of gearing.
The primary advantage of worm gears is their capability to provide high reduction ratios and correspondingly high torque multiplication. They can also be used as rate reducers in low- to medium-velocity applications. And, because their decrease ratio is based on the number of gear teeth alone, they are smaller sized than other styles of gears. Like fine-pitch lead screws, worm gears are typically self-locking, making them well suited for hoisting and lifting applications.