A series of informative Boston Gear speed reducer videos have been produced to help reduce gearbox failures and premature wear. Topics include proper mounting and installation, lubrication issues…
Stainless steel mounted bearings and shaft couplings for washdown applications
Boston Gear has launched a line of stainless steel mounted bearings and shaft couplings designed for high pressure food processing and packaging washdown applications. The line includes pillow…
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Brochure Highlights Open Gearing Engineering Capabilities
The new brochure provides an overview of Boston Gear’s open gearing design and engineering capabilities. A wide array of gearing solutions are available including spur gears, worm and…
Boston Gear Expands its Stainless Steel Offering
A new line of Boston Gear stainless steel, right angle helical bevel gear drives is now available with output torque up to 7.700 lb.in. (870 Nm) and input…
Boston Gear/Bauer Gear Motor expand Series 2000 family
Boston Gear and Bauer Gear Motor have recently announced the addition of inline models to the existing family of Series 2000 right angle helical gear drives and gear…
Boston Gear Expands Ratio Offering of 700 Series Speed Reducers
New 80:1 and 100:1 ratios are now available in single reduction 700 Series worm gear speed reducers. The new models provide the compact size of a single reduction…
When to choose a worm or helical gear
By Greg Cober, Boston Gear Product Training Manager, Boston Gear It may be conventional wisdom that using a helical gearbox design will lead to more system efficiency than using a worm gear design. However, advances in worm gearbox design as well as improvements in lubrication are closing the efficiency gap to the point where the cost-effectiveness…