Gear Blank

In a typical manufacturing cycle the gear blank goes through many processes from being transformed from the raw material to the final end product. Actually the gear blank is the work piece which is processed to give the final shape of gears. A lot of things goes into making a quality gear blank.

Materials for Gear Blanks
Most of the gear manufacturing companies maintain a large number of gear blank inventories. Typical materials used are low carbon steel, high grade carbon steel, Aluminum Gear Blanks, Stainless Steel Gear Blanks, Brass Gear Blanks. Gear blanks can be of various diameters and thickness. Those that are engaged in the manufacture of gear Blanks can make them available in various forms. Typical examples range from completely machined gear blank, with or without keyways. Other options of gear blanks include saw cut stock, or even semi finished to meet the customers needs. Today with the advancing technology the nonmetallic gear blanks are also used plastic gear blanks are very popular.

Selecting the Correct Material
A correct gear blank should have a correct wall thickness. This ensures the wall thickness between the tooth root diameter and outside diameter of the metal core is just right.

For select the suitable core size of the gear blank please ensure the following things:

Knurled Core
The knurled core in the gear blank comes with many good features. They provide high torque transmission. Also, they can even perform heat dissipation from the shaft to the metal through the gear teeth. The knurled core has virtually replaced conventional options like the hexagonal or the round notched metal core. Another distinct advantage is the closer minimum wall thickness in context to both bore and root diameter, this is especially profound in border line cases.

Manufacturing of the Gear Blanks
Gear Blanks are today made with a number of technologically advanced techniques that offers many advantages including increasing the material strength to withstand the tremendous stress and strain of highly critical gear operations.