Custom Gear Capabilities

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Overview
Since 1919, Oerlikon Fairfield has been a trusted provider of custom gear production for original equipment manufacturers worldwide. The company offers comprehensive solutions, from contract manufacturing to solving complex gear-performance issues.

Custom Gear Capabilities
Oerlikon Fairfield provides a wide range of custom gear capabilities, including:

External and internal, spur and helical gears and pinions
Straight and spiral bevel gears and pinions
Precision-ground and high-speed gears
Planetary gear drives
Hypoid and Zerol® gears and pinions
Various shaft types including plain, keyed, splined, flanged, or spur shafts
Tapered serrations

With over 70 engineers, the company conducts finite element analysis, CAD modeling, metallurgical testing, failure analysis, and product-performance testing.

Heat Treatment Capabilities
The company offers various heat treatment processes with specific size limitations:

Carburized Free Quench: Max Diameter 36 inches (915 mm), Max Length 84 inches (2,130 mm)
Nitride: Max Diameter 60 inches (1,524 mm), Max Length 60 inches (1,524 mm)
Induction Hardening: Max Diameter 80 inches (2,000 mm), Max Length 100 inches (2,540 mm)

Gear Cutting Capabilities
Oerlikon Fairfield provides extensive gear cutting capabilities, including:

Straight and spiral bevel, hypoid, and Zerol® gears
Splined and spur shafts, internal splines, and tapered serrations
External and internal spur and helical gears

Gear Grinding and Finishing
The company offers gear grinding services for external spur and helical gears, internal spur gears, and splined and spur shafts. Additional services include dynamic balancing, gear shaving, honing, and spline rolling.

Machining and Finishing
Capabilities include machining centers, shot peening, painting, turning, and grinding. The company also provides advanced CNC inspection technology and gear quality certification to AGMA Class 14.

Service and Support
Oerlikon Fairfield offers extensive sales and applications training, experienced customer service, flexible scheduling, and a global parts and service network.

Contact Information
Oerlikon Fairfield is located in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, with additional facilities in Italy under Oerlikon Graziano.

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Custom Gear

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One Source. Countless Solutions. Since 1919, original equipment manufacturers across the globe have relied on Oerlikon Fairfield for its fully integrated custom gear production capabilities that deliver superior value in a diverse world of applications. Whether you need a contract manufacturer that can build precisely to your print or a motion technology expert capable of solving your most complex gear-performance issues, Oerlikon Fairfield is here to serve. Oerlikon Fairfield’s custom gear capabilities include: Oerlikon Fairfield has more than 70 engineers on staff conducting: xternal and internal,...

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Custom Gear Capabilities Gear Cutting Capabilities Gear Cutting Type Diametral Pitch (module) Face Width inch (mm) External Spur External Helical Internal Spur Internal Helical Capabilities Gear Cutting Type Diametral Pitch (module) Splined & Spur Shaft Internal Spline Tapered Serrations Capabilities Gear Cutting Type Diametral Pitch (module) Pinion Hd. Brg. Diameter inch (mm) Straight Bevel Spiral Bevel Hypoid® Bevel Zerol® Gear Heat Treatment Capabilities Process Type Max. Outside Diameter inch (mm) Carburized Free Quench Carburized Press Quench Induction Hardening Through Hardening Cold Treat...

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Machining & Finishing Capabilities Type Turning O.D. Grinding I.D. Grinding Capabilities Type Machining Center Shot Peen Painting 3 to 5 Axis Internal & External Gears Solvent Based Capabilities Type Diametral Pitch (module) Max. Face Width inch (mm) Gear Shaving, Ext. Gear Honing, Ext. Spline Rolling Capabilities Type Dynamic Balancing Gear Grinding Capabilities Gear Grinding Type Diametrial Pitch (module) Face Width inch (mm) External Spur & Helical Internal Spur Splined & Spur Shaft

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Gear Cutting and Finishing Hobbing and shaping Spiral bevel and straight bevel cutting Broaching and rolling Internal and external grinding Surface and gear tooth grinding Advanced CBN grinding Multiaxis machining Drilling, milling, tapping and sawing Heat Treating Carburizing Induction hardening Through hardening Nitriting Shot peening Oil/press quenching Quality and Testing Highly advanced CNC inspection technology Gear quality certification to AGMA Class 14 Comprehensive lab and field testing Service and Support Extensive sales/applications training Experienced customer service staff Industry...

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Oerlikon Drive Systems Oerlikon Fairfield U.S. 52 South P.O. Box 7940 Lafayette, Indiana 47903-7940 USA 765.772.4000 765.772.4001 (fax) www.oerlikon.com/fairfield Oerlikon Graziano Via Cumiana, 14 10098 Cascine Vica – Rivoli Torino Italy +39.011.95701 +39.011.9594803 (fax) www.oerlikon.com/graziano Zerol® is a registered trademark of Gleason. © Fairfield Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Version 3 – English | May 2012

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