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  • Quality Built Into Every Part.

Process, Capabilities, and Equipment

 

At Gears3, the process begins with meticulous job planning. Our material review board maps out the best manufacturing plan for each new part that we manufacture. We create drawings per each manufacturing process. Finally, the job is executed expertly utilizing our well trained staff and state of the art CNC equipment.

  • CNC Turning and Manual Turning
  • CNC Milling 3, 4, 5 Axis and Manual Turning
  • Gear Cutting
    1. CNC and conventional Hobbing
  • Gear Shaping
  • Gear Milling – 4 & 5 axis
  • Thread Milling
  • OD / ID grinding
  • Hob Sharpening
  • Sawing
  • Broaching
  • Honing
  • Surface Grinding
  • Passivation
  • Outside Vendors/Partners - We offer these outside processes as a value added service to our customers. All of our suppliers are ISO qualified.
    1. Heat Treating
    2. Black oxide, zinc, tin, copper, phosphate, cadmium, chrome and nickel plating, Anodizing, electro polishing, painting and powder coating.
    3. Magnetic Particle and Fluorescent penetrant Inspect
    4. Gear Tooth Grinding

We can cut teeth only on your blanks or manufacture complete per customer specifications for any type of gear. We work from drawings or customer supplied samples. Utilizing the latest state of the art CNC lathes and mills, we provide precision CNC machining for the manufacture of parts for various industries.

We can produce the following types of precision gears per your specifications: Helical, Spur, Bevel, Worm and Worm Gear, Double Enveloping Worm and Worm Gear, Internal/External Splines and Racks.

  • CNC turning and milling 2,3, 4 Axis capabilities
  • Gear cutting
    1. Spur Gear
    2. Helical Gear
    3. Spline Cutting
    4. Worm and Worm Gears
    5. Bevel Gears
    6. Gear Racks
  • 5 Axis Milling of conventional parts and Gear and Rack teeth
  • CNC hard turning by CBN finishing
  • Reversed Engineering
  • Breakdown Services
5 Axis Milling

We know where our manufacturing strengths lie. It lies in gear cutting and precision machining. Our core manufacturing capabilities incorporate technologies across a broad base of complementary advanced machining processes. Arranged in a cellular based, lean manufacturing culture, our 30,000 square feet of production space enables us to produce a variety of precision components. With approximately 28 major CNC machining assets and 50 pieces of ancillary manufacturing equipment, Gears3 can meet your precision machining needs across a wide range of materials including aluminum, brass, alloy steels, cast/ductile iron, stainless steels, forgings, castings and many exotic aerospace materials.

  • 16 CNC Lathes
  • 7 Axis Turning and Milling
  • 5 Axis Milling
  • 10 CNC Milling Machines
  • CNC Gear Hobbing
  • CNC Horizontal 4-Axis Machine
  • CNC OD Grinders
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Office: (847) 447-3430
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3999 25th Avenue
Schiller Park, IL 60176
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Sales: dennis@gears3inc.com