The little ones are the tricky ones
Measuring, identifying, and manufacturing small intricate gears from sample can be quite difficult especially when the samples provided are damaged, with hardly any teeth left. Arrow Engineering have a wealth of knowledge and experience of identifying gears and working these things out. A vinyl floor manufacturer was experiencing downtime due to a gearbox failure and needed a replacement gearbox or a repair to get them back up and running. The Tension Drive Gearbox that maintained the tension in sheet of the Vinyl Flooring whilst being produced had stopped driving. Upon inspection it was found that the mating gears had failed which meant that 2 Helical Gears needed to be made in a hurry. The gearbox was collected Friday night, stripped down, the gears were manufactured on Saturday Hardened on Sunday and re-assembled. The Tension Station flooring conveyor was back up and running by Monday lunchtime.
Measuring, identifying, and manufacturing small intricate gears from a sample can be quite difficult, especially when the samples provided are damaged, with hardly any teeth left. Arrow Engineering have a wealth of knowledge and experience of identifying gears and working these things out.
A vinyl floor manufacturer was experiencing downtime due to a gearbox failure and needed a replacement gearbox or a repair to get them back up and running.
The Tension Drive Gearbox that maintained the tension in the sheet of vinyl flooring whilst being produced had stopped driving. Upon inspection it was found that the mating gears had failed, which meant that two helical gears needed to be made in a hurry.
Gearbox collected
Stripped down, gears manufactured
Gears hardened, gearbox re-assembled
Tension station back up and running
Before
The original gears arrived badly worn, with hardly any teeth left to measure from.
After
New helical gears, manufactured and hardened in-house from the worn originals.
Machining New Gears
From a damaged sample alone, our team can identify the original gear specification and manufacture an exact replacement — fast enough to get a production line back up within days, not weeks.
Why choose Arrow Engineering.
Years of engineering experience
Solving power transmission problems since 1981.
In-house manufacturing
No third-party subcontracting — tighter quality control, faster turnaround.
One-off or batch production
A single replacement part or a production run — we scale to suit.
Full supporting services
Combine with boring, keying and splining for a finished component.
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