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BUSINESS NEWS
Gleason Works India Celebrates 25 Years
Gleason Works India commemorates its thus helping to achieve LEED certification
25th year of operations on November in 2018. The new facility puts design,
6th, 2021. To recognize this important manufacturing and testing under one
milestone, Gleason Works India will roof, giving Gleason India a self-sufficient
hold a celebration for current and former operation to help meet domestic and
employees on November 8th, 2021. Gleason Work India’s product program global demand for Gleason products such
Long-time employees who have been has been extended to include a wide as the 200SVP Gear Shaving Machine
with Gleason Works India for more than array of bevel and cylindrical gear tooling and customer-specific tooling solutions.
20 years will be honored for their service products, gear machine production, Commenting on this milestone,
to the company during this special event. as well as machine remanufacturing John J. Perrotti, President and Chief
Gleason Works India Pvt. Ltd. was activities. Executive Officer of Gleason Corporation,
founded on April 01, 1996, as a A significant milestone was achieved said “Gleason Works India is today
wholly-owned subsidiary to provide in 2017 with the completion and considered one of India’s most modern
sales, service and local manufacturing inauguration of a modern, 65,000 square and productive sources for a wide
capabilities within the Indian market. foot factory, including activities for tool array of gear manufacturing solutions.
The start of operations was dedicated manufacturing, services and machine Congratulations to the Gleason Works
formally on November 06, 1996 by the assembly. With its own solar panel roof India team for this great achievement and
former President of Gleason Corporation, installation, the plant produces more than we look forward to further growth and
Mr. James S. Gleason. Over the years, 70% of its daily energy requirements, success together.”
KHK USA Inc. announces Premium Circular Pitch
Metric Racks & Pinions
KHK USA Inc., distributor material’s rust-resistant
of the market leading KHK quality.
®
brand of metric gears, One unique feature of our
announces its extensive line of CP racks is that most are
Premium Circular Pitch Racks supplied with finished ends.
and Pinions, manufactured to translation on the gear rack. diameter, number of teeth, This type of production allows
the highest quality standards Circular pitch is defined as and length of the rack. for multiple racks to be butted,
by Kohara Gear Industry module / pi. For example, a Among the options are end-to-end, to produce one
Co., of Japan. KHK’s large circular pitch of CP5 would hardened ground alloy continuous length of rack.
selection of CP Racks & equate to a pitch of 5mm. steel racks and spur gears Many KHK products allow
Pinions, available in many and for a 20 tooth pinion, for enhanced strength and for secondary operations such
materials and configurations, one revolution would result in precision and thermal refined as reduction of the length, the
are suitable for a wide range 100mm of travel. components for excellent adding of tapped holes, or the
of applications where very From the many available abrasion resistance. Tapered application of heat treatment.
accurate positioning in linear materials and configurations, racks and pinions allow the The catalog also includes
motion is required. the KHK USA online catalog backlash to be adjusted. Long products which have already
KHK CP Racks & Pinions makes it easy to find the best length metal flexible racks had some of these secondary
are engineered to simplify the solution for each particular can be cut continuously and operations completed. These
application design process, application. Using the menu- are bendable to a contour. products are identified by a
such that a specific number driven interface, simply Stainless steel racks and “J” in their part number and
of revolutions of the gear will specify the required attributes, gears are suitable for food they are available within 10
result in an exact distance of such as circular pitch, pitch machinery due to SUS304 calendar days.
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