Gearbox for Automotive Industry

Automotive industry makes use of high torque capacity, compact gearboxes with improved efficiency. These gearboxes are small in size and have a modular construction. The gears are available in varied sizes, designs, configurations depending on the kind of vehicle it is being used for.

Different types of gearboxes are being used for cars, bus, trucks, motorcycles, scooters. These gearboxes are used to convert the mechanical energy smoothly and noiselessly.

Automobiles make use of three types of gearboxes or transmissions :

 

Vehicles with manual transmissions are very popular in Asian countries while automatic transmission vehicles are quite popular in the countries including US, UK, Canada etc.

Types of Gearboxes Used
Some of the popularly used gearboxes are :

 

Planetary gearboxes are the most widely used in the industry owing to 98% efficiency when compared to other types of gearboxes. They are also in demand because of the compact size and equal load spread.

The automotive industry uses high quality materials including aluminum alloy, stainless steel, brass, hardened steel and cast iron for manufacturing different gearboxes. The gearbox market is booming owing to the increase in the worldwide production of different vehicles.

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