Worms & Worm Shafts
Worm Gears
EP’ Worm Equipment and Worm Wheels can be found in 24, 32, 48 & 64 pitch.
Worm Wheels are manufactured with a pin hub or perhaps split hub in bronze.
Available in single, double or four threads.
Anti-backlash Worm wheels can be found in bronze with a 303 stainless steel hub.
Worms will be also available with solo, double or several threads.
Worms are available in 303 stainless steel for use with solitary, double or several thread wheels.
Worm shafts obtainable in 48 & 64 pitch in 303 stainless steel.
Metric Worm Gears – Significant Speed Reduction With Small Volume
Worm gear pairs are made of a worm and a worm wheel. These gears allow for a very large decrease ratio in a single pair. They are extremely quiet and provide smooth transmission of electricity. Due to the situation of being a friction drive mechanism, worm gear pairs have very poor efficiency. Identical to helical gears, worm wheels are likewise cylindrical disks that have involute shaped the teeth cut into their experience at an angle. For worm gear pairs, this can be the lead angle in fact it is similar to the angle cut into the worm. The decrease ratio of a worm equipment pair is created as the ratio of the amount of pearly whites on the worm wheel / the quantity of begins on the worm. As with helical gears, worm gear pairs must have the same module, pressure angle and direction of lead angle in order 
to mesh. Our worm gear pairs are offered in many materials, modules, amounts of teeth and reduction ratios. All of the worm wheels that we offer allow for secondary operations such as opening the bore, adding of keyways, adding of tapped holes, and the reduced amount of the hub diameter to be performed. A lot of the worms that people offer allow for secondary operations such as starting the bore, adding of keyways, adding of tapped holes, and the reduction of the hub diameter or shaft diameter to be performed. Our providing also includes products that have already had some of these secondary operations completed. These products are identified by a “EP” within their part number plus they are readily available within 10 calendar times.
Perspective our on-line Worm Gear Shaft gallery.