American Precision Gear Co. Inc - Custom Racks
1029 American St.
San Carlos, CA 94070
Toll Free: 800-554-3150
Ph: 650-595-3664
Fax: 650-595-0388
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We work with you to produce the best custom machined gear racks for your linear motion applications. We machine racks from a wide variety of materials since material selection influences overall force and thrust capabilities of your end product. Our tight tolerance precision gear racks are custom manufactured to your specifications. We can machine the most complex gear rack designs for a wide variety of linear motion applications. We work to your specifications and all critical contact surfaces are held to your tolerances (up to 0.0001"). Every gear rack we machine is put through our rigorous QA procedures. We can provide our clients with AGMA Level 12 quality gear racks. Both inch and metric unit gear racks are available.

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Specifications · Capabilities

Specifications

Use

Primarily racks are used to turn rotational motion into linear motion.

No. of Teeth

Up to 200 teeth for tine pitch, and up to 1000 teeth for coarse pitch

Length

Fine Pitch racks are available up to 9", Coarse Pitch racks are available up to 30"

Width

Up to 3"

Diametral Pitch

Fine Pitch racks are available from 32 DP to 200DP, coarse Pitch racks are available in 3DP and finer

Tolerances

We specialize in holding very tight tolerances on your rack designs. We can provide up to +/-0.0001" up to 9" length

Quality Control

Conforming to general Military Quality control requirements as follows: MIL-I-45208A, MIL-STD-45662A and ISO 9001:2000 compliant.

Applications

We focus on providing gear racks to the power transmission and linear motion industries for high tech, semiconductor, silicon valley, telescope, and industrial applications.

Quantities

As needed

Lead Time

Average lead time on gear rack or rack mount orders is 4 weeks

Preferred Drawing Formats

We prefer to accept CAD files of your designs in DXF format.


Capabilities

Industries

Aerospace
Defense
Government
Industrial
Instrumentation
Medical Devices
Military
Oil & Gas

Materials

Steel
303 Staiinless Steel
17-4 Staniless Steel
440 Heat Treated Stainless Steel
Carbon Steel
Chromium Stainless Steel
Chromium Steel
Chromium-Molybdenum Steel
Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium Steel
Chromium-Vanadium steel
High Strength Steel (Impact™, MicroTec®, WHS-100™)
High Temperature Steel
Manganese Steel
Molybdenum Steel
Nickel-Chromium Steel
Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum Steel
Nickel-Molybdenum Steel
Siilicon-Manganese Steel
Special Bearing Steel
Aluminum
Cast Iron
Bronze
Plastic
AVC
Nylon
Delrin

Standards

Able to meet AGMA quality level 12 for all gears (Precision 3), ANSI/AGMA 2001


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Send Drawings to sales@amgear.com or Fax: 650-595-0388