Mechanisms — gear design

Recent Blogs

V-toothed Gear diagram
V-toothed Gear Mechanism Explained: How Double Helical Thrust Cancellation Works, Parts and Uses
V-toothed Gear explained — how V-toothed Gearing transmits power smoothly, formulas, real industrial examples in marine and steel mill drives, and design tradeoffs.
Scroll Gear diagram
Scroll Gear Mechanism Explained: How Spiral Pitch Curves Create Variable Gear Ratios
Scroll Gear explained — how a spiral-profile gear delivers gradually increasing speed or torque, with formulas, real industrial uses, and design tradeoffs.
Rectangular Gears (varying Speed) diagram
Rectangular Gears (varying Speed) Mechanism: How Non-Circular Gears Work, Parts, Diagram & Uses
Rectangular gears trade rotary uniformity for cyclic speed variation. See how they work, where packaging machines use them, and how to size a pair correctly.
Oblique-tooth Gears (form 1) diagram
Oblique-tooth Gears (form 1) Explained: Crossed Helical Skew Gear Mechanism, Parts & Uses
Oblique-tooth gears (form 1) transmit motion between non-parallel, non-intersecting shafts. See how they work, design formulas, and real industrial uses.