Precision gears available online with the Custom Gear Builder

Customers are able to create a customised gear quickly without the need to download and search through multiple pages from a catalogue. The Gear Builder not only speeds up the process but also reduces the risk of the wrong gear being selected. At the end of the online selection process the customer is given all the required technical and commercial information appropriate to their gear specification, including a 3D image, drawing, part description and item number, together with the price and delivery lead time.

With a wide choice of gears and associated variables in gear specification - including choice of material, gear module, number of teeth, bore diameter and face width - customers could be faced with an overwhelming number of possible combinations. The online Gear Builder solves this problem enabling swift identification of the required gear. A filtering process seamlessly removes redundant options as the customer progressively creates a customised gear. Selections can be amended at any point simply by navigating backwards and forwards through the various steps.

Head of Business Development, Alistair Durie, comments: "Not only does it cut down the time it takes to select your gear, but the filtering process is instrumental in guiding you to the correct gear geometry. It really is simple to use. You can order complementary products on-line as well, such as gear clamps, shafts and bearings."

The Gear Builder complements Reliance's product catalogue, with technical support provided by a team of applications engineers, available by telephone, on-line or face-to-face to discuss individual operational and design scenarios. Requests for bespoke gears, which fall out of the range of the catalogue, are supported by parent company, Reliance Precision Limited.

For more information on the full range of positioning components and assemblies, as well as the online custom Gear Builder, go to www.reliance.co.uk.