Gear Rack, Gears, Pinions, & Related Products: Standard & Custom
Gear Rack, Gears, Pinions, & Related Products: Standard & Custom
Gear Rack, Gears, Pinions, & Related Products: Standard & Custom
Gears, Pinions,
& Related Products
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General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 316 series.
Pressure angle 20°
• Modifications :
ie. flats, journals, end modifications.
• Shorter lengths.
(1)
• Alternative pitches, including 0.3 and 0.5
module.
• Higher accuracy grades.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 300 series
Pressure angle 20°
* Rack thrust based on a mesh with a 50 tooth stainless steel pinion, 3N if used with a
50 tooth PEEK™ polymer pinion.
• Modifications :
ie. flats, journals, end modifications.
• Shorter lengths.
• Alternative pitches, including 0.3 and 0.5
module.
• Higher accuracy grades.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
linear brg shaft
St steel, Grade 440C
or X90CrMoV18.
Treatment:
Case hardened to
55HRc min.
Pressure angle 20°
• Modifications :
ie. flats, journals, end modifications.
• Shorter lengths.
• Alternative pitches, including 0.3 and 0.5
module.
• Higher accuracy grades.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 416
Treatment:
Hardened to
35-45 HRc.
Pressure angle 20°
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 416
Treatment:
Hardened to
35-45 HRc.
Pressure angle 20°
• Shorter lengths.
• Alternative pitches, including module.
• Higher accuracy grades.
• See technical data, page 56 for alternative
grades.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 416
Treatment:
Hardened to
35-45 HRc.
Pressure angle 20°
• Shorter lengths.
• Alternative pitches, including module.
• Higher accuracy grades.
• See technical data, page 56 for alternative
grades.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 316
Pressure angle 20°
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 316
Pressure angle 20°
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 316
Pressure angle 20°
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel
Grade 316
Pressure angle 20°
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel,
17-4PH
Hardened to:
36/40 HRc.
Pressure angle 20°
• Higher accuracies.
• Alternative pitches, including module.
• Alternative bore sizes.
• Alternative materials.
• Special wear resistant coating.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Stainless steel,
17-4PH
Hardened to:
36/40HRc.
Pressure angle 20°
• Higher accuracies.
• Alternative pitches, including module.
• Alternative bore sizes.
• Alternative materials.
• Special wear resistant coating.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
PEEK™ 450G pinion
with
Stainless steel 303
hub.
Pressure angle 20°
Notes Basic Part Circular Bore Size Boss Dia Screw Standard
PEEK™ is a trademark Number Pitch (mm) ØB ØD T No. of Teeth
of Victrex PLC.
SH1MP1B4F6A- 1 4 10 SS-M2.5-3 35
SH1MP1B5F6A- 1 5 12 SS-M3-3 40 50
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
RRA17-6-250 250 ±1 6 3N
Technical specification*
• Drive: NEMA size 17 stepper motor, see technical section, pages
61 - 62.
• Tubular rack: 6mm OD, 3.4mm bore, 250mm length, 316 stainless
steel.
• Travel range: 200mm.
• Max continuous axial load: 3N.
• Max momentary load: 12N.
• Max speed: 300mm/sec.
• Resolution: 0.21mm with 200 steps/rev.
0.0033mm with microstepping (12800 steps/rev).
• Temperature range: -10ºC to +80ºC.
• Repeatability: 0.025mm.
• Life: in excess of 5 million cycles.
• Side wobble, fully extended: ±0.2mm.
• Backlash: equivalent to less than 0.08 linear movement.
• No lubricant required.
• Smooth quiet operation - no metal to metal contact.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
RSSBP
(Basic)
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Spline shaft -
Aluminium alloy, TFE
coated.
Bushing - Graphite and
PTFE filled
thermoplastic, with
brass collar.
RSSBY
(Basic)
RSSZP
(Anti-backlash)
RSSZY
(Anti-backlash)
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Bearing steel SUJ2
Stainless steel 440C
Surface finish:
1.5Mm Rz
Straightness: L/D (Mm)
Hardness: 58-63HRc
• Standard material = SUJ2 bearing steel, for stainless steel, add -SS
to the part number.
General
Information
All dimensions in mm
General tolerances:
±0.13mm
Material:
Bearing steel SUJ2
Surface finish:
1.5Mm Rz
Straightness: L/D (Mm)
Hardness: 58-63HRc
Reliance standard precision racks are produced by a thread grinding process, which
generates teeth of helicoidal form. This provides two distinct advantages: very good pitch
accuracy and sufficient tolerance of meshing conditions (within 0.25º) to make high
precision alignment of the pinion unnecessary.
This feature will be appreciated from the diagram below. Slight misalignment of the
straight-tooth pinion, in terms of deviation from a true right-angle between the axis and
rack in either plane, results merely in a change of position of the contact points across
the face.
Mesh geometry
Points of contact.
Standard pressure angle is 20º
25º pressure angle available on
request.
Reliance precision racks are offered in four basic grades of accuracy through most of
the range, please see the individual product pages for details. Grade 4b has been
introduced to offer a lower cost grade 4 where a single rack is to be used in a non-
butting application.
The tooth form is generally in accordance with BS 4582 part 1. fig 1. for metric racks.
Rack Grade 5 4 4b 3 2 1
Max pitch error between any two
0.005 0.008 0.008 0.015 0.025 0.050
points per 300mm of rack
+0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0
Pitch Height Variation
-0.013 -0.013 -0.013 -0.013 -0.018 -0.025
1. Linear Speed
Linear speeds of up to 10 metres/second can be achieved with correctly installed rack
and pinion systems. When specifying a system, care needs to be taken to ensure that
the transducer count rates are not exceeded. With grease lubrication, care should be
taken to ensure that the lubrication is not thrown off the pinion
2. Load Capacity
The following analysis is intended to give a guide to the load capacity of a rack system.
To simplify the calculation a number of assumptions have to be made. In many
applications this will give a conservative estimate of the gear capacity, therefore in
critical applications an exact analysis must be completed. Please consult the relevant
gear standards or Technical Sales.
The basic load capacity (Fb) of a rack and pinion is defined as the maximum linear force
at which they can operate indefinitely.
Fb has two values: one calculated from tooth strength, (Fbs) and one for tooth flank wear
(Fbw). The useful or transmitted load capacity, Ft, is usually less than Fb due to transient
or dynamic loads generated within the mechanism.
Example:
A 40 tooth, 1mm CP pinion material 316 meshing with rack of hardness <50HRc.
The application factors should be applied after the reduction for material and pitch.
3. Bearing Capacity
When linear bearings are used with the hardened round bar racks the capacity of the
support bearings needs to be considered. Where possible the bearings should be
positioned with all the ball rows running on the rack shaft. However, it is important that
the balls do not run on the edges of the teeth. If necessary the 5 and 6 row bearings can
be used with 1 row above the teeth. In this scenario, the manufacturer’s ratings apply
with a modification for the direction of the load application. The factors given in the
following charts should be substituted for the bearing manufacturer’s load reduction.
4. Lubrication
Lubrication is not required when using PEEK™ polymer pinions. For other combinations
unlubricated systems are not recommended. Measurement applications should use a
very thin coat of light oil, in many machine tool applications stray cutting oil is sufficient.
Grease lubrication is recommended for higher loads, but care should be taken to ensure
the lubrication is not thrown off the pinion at speed.
INSTALLATION
The installation techniques differ according to the type of rack. All racks should be
mounted with teeth pointing downwards wherever possible so that dust etc cannot settle
in them.
3. Rectangular Rack
Reliance rectangular section rack is manufactured to enable butting to form infinite
lengths. Socket head cap screws, plain washers and a thread locking adhesive are
preferred for mounting. Dowels are not recommended. The pitch line of the rack must be
constrained to be straight to obtain maximum accuracy. To avoid distortion, racks should
be screwed to a machined flat surface.
To align racks, two adjustments need to be made, pitch line alignment and pitch
adjustment. The pitch line straightness is not critical (see drawing below) but steps at the
joints should be avoided as they can lead to excessive noise and wear.
Pitch line alignment using slip block Dial indicator carried with Flexplate
The Flexplate spring loads the pinion into mesh on both flanks of the teeth, ensuring
complete backlash elimination. For more information on the Flexplate assembly please
refer to the Rack Systems section of the Reliance catalogue.
GRADE 2, 3 or 4
After initial setting and with the measuring system functioning, length bars may be used
as references. Checks made against these allow adjustment to be made within the
system resolution.
GRADE 3, 4 or 5
After initial setting and with the measuring system functioning, comparison should be
made with a laser measuring system. This allows pitch adjustment and machine error
compensation within the system resolution over the full travel of the axis.
RACK APPLICATIONS
Reliance precision rack is manufactured in both round and rectangular section, and can
be used for both measurement and actuation. In general the smaller pitches (1mm) are
ideal for measurement, as the smaller pinion diameter gives higher linear resolutions.
The larger pitches (2mm and 2.5mm) allow a higher load capacity.
For most applications the rack can be used for both the feedback and the actuation. In
very precise applications we recommend that an unused section of the actuation rack is
used for feedback. Alternatively a separate rack can be used.
All Reliance racks are calibrated to measure correct at 20ºC using a temperature
compensated laser. Calibration graphs can be supplied if required.
RACK ACTUATOR
The rack actuator is supplied pre-assembled and should not be dismantled. The rack
should not be removed from the housing. Any tampering with the assembly may result in
the technical specification becoming invalid.
The rack actuator is supplied as standard with a NEMA size 17 stepper motor, which
conforms to the following specification:
Standard Products
For over thirty years, Reliance has provided a standard range of precision mechanical
components from stock or on short delivery. This service allows design engineers to
order in small quantities at stock prices in order to develop prototypes effectively.
Dedicated manufacturing facilities enable larger quantities to be supplied for full
production requirements.
Phone: (USA)708.449.5700
Fax: (USA)708.449.5703
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