Inline Gear Reducers & Speed Reducer Gearboxes | Midwest Power Products

What Are Inline Gear Reducers

Inline gear reducers are used to slow down motor output and increase torque. Also known as inline speed reducer gearboxes, they come in a variety of styles, sizes, and outputs with each brand offering slightly different shapes and benefits. Depending on your application, inline speed reducer gearboxes can come off the shelf or be custom-built for specific projects.

Inline Gear reducers function by taking a high-speed motor output and running it through a series of gears at increasingly large sizes. By moving the force to a larger gear size gear, the inline gear reducer slows the rotational speed, but increases the torque, allowing for a slower, more powerful movement. These systems require an incredibly high level of precision in order to function correctly, or else they can cause damage to other machines and danger to nearby people.

Some of the most well-known brands of inline gear reducers are Winsmith, Cone Drive, Falk, Electra-Gear, Dresser, and Sumitomo. Each brand has ideal use cases, and they can differ in their lifetime, power output, and maintenance needs.