Toronto Gear Works supplies custom precision spur gears in Canada, manufactured from cast iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, or brass. Our stock of external spur gears has hubs, pressure angles of either 14.5 or 20 degrees, and a variety of bore options. In addition, we offer a large variety of diametral pitches. We ensure quality and precision are key components of our manufacturing process.
What Are Spur Gears?
Spur gears are straight-cut gears that mechanically transmit motion and power between parallel shafts that rotate in opposite directions. Spur gears have the gear hobbed on the rim of the gear, parallel to the bore and the gear's rotation axis. They are cost-effective, precision gears that are some of the most commonly used in the industry.
Common Applications and Uses for Spur Gears
Spur gears are used in many different power transmission applications, such as winches, construction equipment, outboard motors, machine tools, lawn and garden equipment, marine hoists, multi-spindle drives, snow throwers, turbine drives, pumps, centrifuges, medical devices, and jacks, among others. They are also used for many machines with common, everyday use, including egg beaters, electric screwdrivers, mechanical lamps and lighting, oscillating sprinklers, windup alarm clocks, clothes washers and dryers, conveyors, and blenders.
Custom Spur Gear Specifications, Pitches, and Material Capabilities
At Toronto Gear Works, we offer custom gear manufacturing in various materials: plastic, brass, steel, and aluminum. We are able to produce gears with pin hubs, clamp hubs, or completely hubless gears. We manufacture spur gears, metric gears, bevel gears, helical gears, worm gears, gear clusters, gear blanks, anti-backlash gears, gear stock, ratchets, pawls, and pinion shafts.
Our high-quality, trusted gears aim to supply distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and the power transmission and precision mechanical industries.
We provide customizations and off-the-shelf availability to meet any performance needs you may have and produce our gears from the most preferred materials including:
- Steel
- Stainless steel
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Delrin®
Our gears are available in metric and U.S. (inch) sizes, can be customized to the preferred number of teeth, and are offered in a 14.5 degree pressure angle and 20 degree pressure angle. We have the following diametrical inch pitches available:
- 4 DP
- 5 DP
- 6 DP
- 8 DP
- 10 DP
- 12 DP
- 16 DP
- 20 DP
- 24 DP
- 32 DP
- 48 DP
- 64 DP
- 72 DP
- 80 DP
- 96 DP
And the following diametrical metric pitches available:
- MOD 0.5
- MOD 1
- MOD 1.25
- MOD 1.5
- MOD 2
- MOD 2.5
- MOD 3
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Precision Spur Gears FAQs
What standard features, materials, and options are available in Toronto Gear Works' stock external spur gears?
Toronto Gear Works maintains a high-quality stock of external spur gears manufactured from robust materials such as cast iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, and brass. These stock components come equipped with integral hubs, offer a versatile variety of bore configurations to fit different shaft sizes, and are available in industry-standard pressure angles of either 14.5 degrees or 20 degrees alongside a large selection of diametral pitches.
In what types of industrial equipment and heavy-duty power transmission systems are spur gears commonly utilized?
Spur gears are heavily relied upon across many rugged power transmission and precision mechanical applications to maintain consistent operational torque. They are integrated into critical heavy equipment and machinery including industrial winches, construction machinery, outboard marine motors, manufacturing machine tools, marine hoists, multi-spindle drives, turbine drives, commercial pumps, laboratory centrifuges, specialized medical devices, and heavy-duty mechanical jacks.
What everyday commercial machines and household appliances use spur gears?
Beyond heavy industrial use, spur gears are foundational elements in common, everyday machines where reliable mechanical timing and motion transfer are required. You can find them driving mechanical operations inside standard kitchen blenders, hand-operated egg beaters, electric screwdrivers, oscillating lawn sprinklers, traditional windup alarm clocks, mechanical lamps or decorative lighting fixtures, industrial or commercial conveyors, and residential clothes washers and dryers.