| Gears are now used for a wide range of industrial | | | | locomotives, etc. Gears are also used in compressors, |
| applications. There are gears weighing from 15grams | | | | cages, trolleys and diesel locomotives that are used |
| to 15 tons. Lots of industries use gears for transmitting | | | | for coal mining. |
| power or rotational force from one component to | | | | Medical industry uses gears in a huge way. They are |
| another. Gears have varied application starting from | | | | being used in the surgical tables, patient beds, gear |
| textile looms to aviation industries. Undoubtedly the | | | | pumps for medical dosing applications, and also in |
| demand for gears in industries is estimated at a | | | | medical diagnostic machine. |
| whopping 125 billion dollars worldwide. | | | | Micro assembly uses micro gears which enable us to |
| Cement plants use girth gears for crushing raw | | | | have miniature components built with a very compact |
| materials. These girth gears have high strength and | | | | size. Use of micro gears is really advantageous as |
| highly durable that they can be used in any operating | | | | they provide zero backlash, long operating life, |
| environment. For rotating equipments in the cement | | | | withstand extreme environmental conditions, higher |
| industry power transmission is essential and that is | | | | efficiency and excellent repeatability. |
| provided by various open gear drives. Other types of | | | | Gears are widely used in Railway industry in different |
| gears which are used in cement industries are | | | | applications. For bringing about railway safety and |
| reduction gears, pinions, Sprockets, pinion shafts and | | | | railway signaling, different varieties of specialized gear |
| helical gears. | | | | drives have been developed. Buchli-drive, Quill Motor |
| Coal plants also most commonly use girth gears in | | | | Drive are some such drives developed. |
| their mining equipments. Heavy gearboxes are also | | | | Apart from there gears are have also shown their |
| being used in heavy machineries. There are two basic | | | | mark in the steel industries and construction machinery. |
| gearing principles which are: | | | | Planetary gearboxes, reduction gearboxes and pinion |
| - Craggy reliable gearing | | | | gearboxes, worm gears, bevel gears and spur gears |
| - Worm gearing | | | | are commonly used in steel industries. Gears are used |
| These are used in many mining machines such special | | | | for loaders, lifters, excavators and all such machines |
| cutting machines, axle for forming tunnels for | | | | that are used for construction. |