3. Mijno
Wide range of rack and pinions, similar to Atlanta
Wide range of planetary gear units
Manufactured and assembled in France
Most racks and not dimensionally interchangeable with Atlanta
Not a large presence in the USA
4. Wittenstein/Alpha
• Interchangeable with Atlanta products
• New manufacturing plant in Switzerland
• 4 styles (Smart, Value, Premium, High Performance)
• Up to 2 meters in length
• Un to DIN 5 quality
• Currently only available as helical
• No soft, quenched and tempered, induction hardened or stainless available
• Pinion mounting for ISO flanges, keyed & splined shafts
5. Wittenstein/Alpha
LP - Value Line – Keyed Connections / Mod 2 & 3 / 18-26 Tooth Pinions
SP - Premium Class – Keyed Connections / Mod 2 – 6 / 19-34 Tooth Pinions
RSP – DIN Splined Pinions / Mod 2-5 / 15 – 25 Tooth Pinions
TP Premium – Welded Flanged Pinions / Mod 2 – 6 / 19 – 40 Tooth Pinions
TP-RTP – Welded Flanged pinion / Mod 2-6 / 26 – 45 Tooth Pinions
6. Gudel
• Wide range of racks, similar to Atlanta
• Racks manufactured in switzerland
• Main focus is on systems (gantries)
• Most racks dimensionally interchnageable with Atlanta
• Uses own AE-servo worm like Atlanta
• Uses Redex or Alpha gear units for planetary with ISO rotating flange
7. Nexen
• Not traditional rack and pinion
• Precision roller pinion (rollers supported by needle bearing)
• (6 case sizes)
• 225lbf – 3150lbf feed force
• High Efficiency
• High degree pressure angle
• Expensive
• Racks up to 1 meter in length
• ISO flange mount pinions or single bore size
• Premium grade can operate without grease up to 1.64ft/s
8. Andetex
• Wide range of racks like Atlanta
• Importer for German and Swiss Products
• They do not manufacture racks; They purchase Gudel and WMH racks
• Interchangeable with Atlanta
• Up to 2 meter in length racks
• Split pinion with flange
• Complete drive systems using Gudel AE servo Worm, Redex SRP, KRP, & DRP gear units
• Concentrates on Machine Tool Apps.
9. Boston, Martin, Browning, Gear
Houses
• Domestically made
• Diametric pitch not compatible with metric module gears
• Standard product is low quality (Soft, straight spur racks and pinions
• No standard helical products
• Can provide hardened teeth but not ground
