Ashoka group specializes in manufacturing and exporting a range
of wooden gears. They are widely used in textile mills and other
industrial operations. They are also used in clocks, flour mills and
coal mines. Wooden gears are manufactured by making a blank out of wood,
drilling the shaft hole and filling a key way in the wood. Then using a
gear train at slow speed, long pieces of brass shim stock trimmed to the
width of the gear is fed in between a pair of moving gears.
This forms
the brass with the proper gear tooth shape. The brass with the tooth
pattern is wrapped around the wooden blank, overlapped one tooth and
soldered together. The wood with brass wrapped around it is then laid
down on wax paper and the space between the brass teeth and the wood is
filled with epoxy or fiberglass resin to harden the gear. It is then
dried and trimmed up of excess epoxy. Gears made of wood are not so
durable but they run smoothly and are easier to repair. We use mahogany
or hard wood or other superior quality wood for the wooden gears to lend
good hardness for resisting wear. Available in a variety of different
models, our wooden gears have robust construction.