Planetary Gearboxes

Introduction :
Planetary configuration is the latest Gear Technology as they are highly reliable, rugged and efficient. The above gear boxes, working to high efficiency, are replacing warm and helical gearboxes which are otherwise conventionally used in India. These gear boxes are maintenance free because of the planetary configuration, which eliminates the thrust load experienced by Warm or Helical Gear boxes (i.e. only on one surface). Being maintenance free, the planetary gear boxes reduce the inventory cost of spares and subsequently the labour cost or machine's downtime associated with maintenance. One major benefit is that the power consumption is much lower than the conventional gear box and so saves a lot of money. In industrial applications, in certain cases, the power saving itself amortizes the cost of a gear box in a year or so if the machine run is continuous.