Precision Gears

Merit Gear produces precision external gearing from 20 mm to 2000 mm, and internal gears to 900 mm. In addition, we have precision gear grinding capabilities of up to 3500 mm. Merit has the ability to produce gearing up to AGMA Q-15 precision levels.

Merit has a full compliment of process capabilities to make spur and helical gearing, including heat treatment, gear cutting and gear grinding, which enable us to produce precision gears complete in-house. All of our production processes are supported by full inspection capabilities to assure we are meeting the highest precision standards in the industry.

Type of Gear	Size Range- Dia.	Pitch	Face Width	AGMA Class
Hob-Spur	up to 78", 2000 mm	up to 1.4 DP, 18 Mod	31", 800 mm	8
Hob- Helical	up to 78", 2000 mm	up to 1.4 DP, 18 Mod	31", 800 mm	8
Shaping- Internal	up to 36", 914.4 mm	up to 3 DP, 8 Mod	6", 152.4 mm	8
Shaping- External	up to 40", 1016 mm	up to 3 DP, 8 Mod	6", 152.4 mm	8
Gear Grind- Form, Internal	ID up to 79", 2000 mm	.75 DP, 34 Mod	39", 1000 mm	14
Gear Grind- Form, External	Up to 138", 3500 mm	.75 DP, 34 Mod	64", 1625 mm	14

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Custom Gearboxes

Merit is a custom manufacturer of planetary, parallel shaft and right angle units. We can produce gearboxes anywhere from a 150 mm cube to one that is 2500 mm in size and up to 9 metric tons in weight. Merit Gear's personnel can help you from the design process, to the building, testing and shipment of complete gearboxes to meet your custom needs.

Merit Gear has access to world-class gearbox design experts for the mining, oilfield, wind and transit markets, and can provide you with a robust gearbox to meet your most demanding challenges. It does not matter whether you want to improve upon an existing design or start with a clean sheet of paper, Merit Gear stands ready to help.

Custom Planetary, Parallel Shaft
Up to 2500 cubic mm
Up to 9 metric tons
Gear Box Repair

Heat Treatment

Merit Gear relies on its in-house heat treating facility to ensure uncompromising quality in meeting your metallurgical requirements. It has a full range of heat treat capabilities including carburize and hardening, quench and tempering, nitriding, carbonitriding, induction hardening, annealing and stress relieving.

Merit Gear is able to verify all results in its extensive metallurgical laboratory.

Carburize: 90" Dia X 72 Deep
Induction: 12" Dia X 42" Long
Nitride: 36" Dia X 42" Deep
Normalize, Quench,Temper: 39"h X 30"w X 48"l

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