UK precision gear manufacturing

Engineering precision into every rotation

Design, manufacture, inspection and assembly of precision gears, bevel gears, splines, transmission components and engineered gearbox systems.

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60+years of engineering experience

AS9100Rev D aerospace quality system

Prototype to productionsupport across development and volume manufacture

UKdesign, manufacture, inspection and assembly

Complete design-to-production support

Core capabilities

Ondrives supports technically demanding programmes from initial gear and transmission design through manufacturing, inspection and final assembly.

Gear engineeringSpur, helical, internal, spline, worm, planetary and bevel design.

Gear manufactureCNC gear cutting, form grinding, bevel grinding and specialist finishing.

Precision machiningSimultaneous 5-axis, mill-turn, CNC turning, sliding-head and wire EDM.

MetrologyAnalytical gear measurement, CMM, optical inspection and surface finish measurement.

TraceabilityMaterial certification, inspection reports and first article inspection documentation.

AssemblyMechanical and gearbox assembly, shrink fits and testing.

Ondrives capability matrix covering prototype, production and large batch manufacturing — Capability overview from the source company presentation.

Specialist design capability

Spiral bevel and hypoid engineering

Gleason GEMS supports spiral bevel, hypoid, Zerol and high-ratio hypoid gear design.

Interactive tooth-surface and ease-off correction and optimisation
No-load tooth contact analysis (TCA)
Loaded TCA and finite element analysis
Root bending and contact stress evaluation
Life-study support using S-N curves

Gleason GEMS spiral bevel gear design, tooth contact and stress analysis screens — Bevel design, tooth-contact and stress-analysis capability.

Digital engineering

Gear, system, CAD and CAM design

Engineering software supports calculation, 3D modelling, production simulation and machine programming before material is committed.

KISSsoft gear, shaft and bearing analysis
Gear tooth stress, backlash and modification analysis
SolidWorks 3D CAD modelling and assembly verification
STEP, IGES and Parasolid data support
hyperMILL CAM programming for complex 5-axis and mill-turn production

KISSsoft gear and system analysis software used by Ondrives — Gear and transmission analysis using KISSsoft.

Gear and bevel manufacture

High-accuracy gear production

External spur, helical gears and splines
Internal and external analytical gear measurement
Profile, lead, pitch, run-out and tooth-thickness measurement
Profile and lead modifications, including twist control
Closed-loop design, manufacture and measurement for ground bevel gears
Spiral, hypoid, Zerol and high-ratio hypoid manufacture up to approximately Ø280 mm pitch diameter

Gleason gear grinding, spiral bevel grinding and analytical gear measurement equipment — Gear grinding, spiral bevel production and analytical measurement.

Flexible production

Gear cutting and spline manufacture

Hobbing of spur gears, helical gears and splines
Worm-wheel manufacture and worm milling/grinding
External and internal spline, spur and helical gear shaping
Profile and lead modifications
Automation for repeat and large-batch production
Capacity shown in the presentation up to Ø600 mm and 12 module for selected processes

Gleason Pfauter CNC gear hobbing and gear shaping machines — CNC gear hobbing and electronic gear shaping.

Precision component manufacture

Grinding, 5-axis machining, EDM and turning

External and internal diameter and face grinding
Grinding capacity shown up to Ø350 mm and 1,000 mm length
Simultaneous 5-axis machining supported by offline CAM
Wire EDM through hardened materials for internal gears, splines and complex forms
Mill-turn and CNC turning from small precision parts to large components
Sliding-head, bar-fed machining for repeat and lights-out production

Sodick wire EDM and Mazak simultaneous 5-axis machining equipment — Wire EDM and simultaneous 5-axis machining.

Verification and control

Gear, bevel and dimensional metrology

Inspection capability supports production control, first article reporting and traceable verification of precision components.

Analytical gear and bevel measurement
CMM dimensional inspection
Optical measurement of cylindrical parts
Surface finish measurement
Documented inspection results and reporting

Gleason analytical gear measurement system and example inspection reports — Analytical gear metrology and documented inspection reporting.

Integrated supply

Gearbox and mechanical assembly

Gearbox and mechanical assembly
Shrink-fit assembly
Controlled heating and liquid-nitrogen fitting processes
Testing and verification
Traceable supply of complete engineered assemblies

Exploded gearbox reducer assembly designed and assembled by Ondrives — Gearbox reducer and mechanical assembly capability.

Aerospace quality system

Quality, traceability and documentation

The presentation identifies Ondrives as approved by LRQA to AS9100 Rev D, with full material traceability, first article inspection reports and inspection documentation.

AS9100 Rev D quality management
Full material traceability
First article inspection reporting
Dimensional and gear inspection reports
Dedicated engineering and quality support

Ondrives AS9100 certificate and first article inspection documentation — Quality certification and traceable inspection documentation shown in the supplied presentation.

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Final process selection and capacity depend on component geometry, material, tolerance, heat treatment, batch size, workholding and inspection requirements.

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