ONDRIVES ENGINEERING

Gear Engineering Knowledge Centre

Technical guidance built from Ondrives' own manufacturing capability, engineering tools and gear terminology. Use these pages alongside GearCALC, SplineCALC, drawings and the applicable gear standards.

Use the Knowledge Centre as one connected engineering reference

The pages below are deliberately broad enough to keep related engineering detail together. Each page combines process guidance, geometry, inspection points and enquiry data so you can move from a technical question to GearCALC, SplineCALC, manufacturing capacity or an engineering enquiry without navigating through dozens of thin pages.

Geometry & design

Module/DP, pressure angle, helix, centre distance, profile shift, backlash, contact ratio, spline fit and the information needed to define a mesh.

Manufacture & finishing

Cutting, grinding, heat-treatment planning, workholding, datum control and process choices for gears, splines, shafts, worms and bevel/hypoid sets.

Inspection & production evidence

Profile, lead, pitch, runout, quality grades, traceability, FAIRs and the transition from prototype to repeat production.

For current machine capacities and indicative working ranges, use the Manufacturing Capacity & Equipment page. Final feasibility always depends on the actual drawing, material, workholding, accuracy and process route.

Technical pages

Precision Gear Manufacturing UK

UK precision gear manufacturing for bespoke and repeat-production gears, pinions and geared components, supported by gear cutting, grinding, inspection and engineering.

Precision Gear Cutting UK

Precision gear cutting for spur, helical, worm and wormwheel components, with in-house machining and inspection support.

Precision Gear Grinding UK

High-accuracy gear grinding for precision spur and helical gears, including profile and lead modifications with analytical inspection.

Spur Gear Manufacturing UK

Precision spur gear manufacturing for standard and bespoke gears, pinions and geared shafts using cutting, grinding and inspection.

Helical Gear Manufacturing UK

Precision helical gear manufacturing with cutting, grinding, lead/profile control and inspection for engineered parallel-shaft drives.

Spiral Bevel and Hypoid Gear Manufacturing UK

Spiral bevel and hypoid gear design, grinding and inspection using specialist Gleason systems for precision angled and offset-axis drives.

Worm and Wormwheel Manufacturing UK

Precision worm and wormwheel manufacturing for compact right-angle transmissions, with standard products and bespoke engineering.

Geared Shafts and Pinion Manufacturing UK

Precision geared shafts, pinions and compound gear components with integrated machining, gear cutting, grinding and inspection.

Spline Manufacturing UK

Precision external and internal spline manufacturing with engineering support and SplineCALC for geometry review.

Gear Inspection and Metrology UK

Analytical gear inspection, CMM and optical measurement supporting precision gear manufacture, verification and reporting.

Gear Design and Engineering Support UK

Gear design and manufacturing engineering support for precision gears, bevel gears, gearboxes and made-to-drawing components.

Prototype and Development Gear Manufacturing UK

Prototype, development and low-volume precision gear manufacturing with a controlled route into repeat production.