Application of Spur Gear Slew Drive in Automated Industrial Machinery

Spur gear slew drive is a new type of slew drive, which is different from worm gear worm shaft type slew drive. Spur gear slew drive is essentially driven by a pinion to drive an external gear slewing ring to do transmission. In order to meet the use of more mechanical equipments, the spur gear slew drive designed by Unique Transmission can also be driven by a pinion to rotate the internal tooth slewing ring.

Compared with the worm gear slewing drive, the spur gear slew drive can reach a higher speed; compared with the slewing ring, it has many advantages such as high integration, easy installation, high protection level, long service life, etc. Therefore, in the slew devices of automated machinery and equipment, spur gear slew drives are slowly used to replace slewing rings. For example, in welding positioners, machine tool turntables and other equipments, the spur gear slew drive can quickly and stably finish slewing operation, its maintenance frequency is lower than slewing rings. This not only improves work efficiency, but also reduces maintenance costs.

The spur gear slew drive is to wrap the pinion and the slewing ring with a housing, at the same time do sealing treatment. Such a highly integrated design can save installation space. The spur gear slew drive is installed on the base, after connecting the rotating parts, the motor or hydraulic motor can be installed on the pinion, operation is very simple.

When designing each product, Unique Transmission will draw a 3D model of a spur gear slew drive, which can be installed in the customer’s mechanical equipment model to do test. Before the spur gear slew drive leaves the factory, the raceways and teeth of the internal slewing ring and the teeth of the pinion are filled with lubricating oil, which can make the rotation smoother and reduce the heat generation. Unique Transmission also inspects every product to ensure that the products reach customers with high quality.

There are three series of standard products in the spur gear slew drive designed by Unique Transmission. If you want to improve your machinery and equipment, you can choose a suitable one from these standard products. If these standard products cannot meet your needs, you can contact us, our engineers have rich experience and can design a new spur gear slew drive for you.