Planetary gears, also called epicyclic gear systems, consist of a central sun gear, multiple planet gears, a planet carrier, and an outer ring gear. This compact gear arrangement allows several gears to share the load simultaneously, providing high torque transmission and excellent efficiency within a small space. Planetary gear systems are commonly used in gearboxes where compact design and reliable power transmission are required.
Medium Planetary Gear
Specification
Module
5
Application
Gearbox
Material
18CrNiMo7-6
Heat Treatment
58±2 HRC
Accuracy
DIN 6
Planetary Gear Key Advantages
Planetary gear systems provide high torque density, efficient power transmission, and balanced load distribution across multiple gears. Their compact structure helps save installation space while maintaining stable, smooth, and low-noise operation. These advantages make planetary gears ideal for robotics, industrial gearboxes, automation equipment, and other precision transmission applications.
Production process
6-Step Production Process
Forging
Turning
Gear Cutting
Heat Treatment
ID & OD & Surface Grinding
Tooth Grinding
Forging
When gears need high performance that needs to withstand high loads, high stress, impact loads or fatigue loads, forgings are suggested to use. Forging allows metal fibers to be continuously distributed along the gear profile, significantly improving root strength and fatigue life.
Turning
This is the process of cutting and shaping solid materials into precise parts. It uses tools like lathes, mills, and drills to remove excess material. Machining transforms a simple block of metal into a finished, functional component.
Gear Cutting
Gear Cutting includes all processes to create gear teeth after rough or fine machining. It shapes teeth to ensure smooth and efficient power transfer for performance, strength and cost efficiency.
Heat Treatment
Gears need to be running with two gears or above two gears, that makes them easy to be worn-out. That’s why most types of gears need to be harden through heat treatment.
ID & OD & Surface Grinding
ID grinding, OD grinding, Surface grinding are all belonging to CNC grinding which are the foundational precision abrasive machining processes used to achieve exceptional dimensional accuracy and surface finishes, especially on hardened materials.
Tooth Grinding
Tooth Grinding are the final processes are applied after heat treatment to correct distortion, improve geometry, and achieve the final surface finish necessary for quiet, efficient power transmission.
Inspection
Strict Quality Inspection
Dimension Inspection
Material Inspection
Heat Treatment Testing
UT & MT Testing
Meshing Testing
Accuracy Testing
Dimension Inspection
Material Inspection
Heat Treatment Testing
UT & MT Testing
Meshing Testing
Accuracy Testing
Packages
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Inner Package
Out Package
Carton
Wooden Package
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