Racks are portions of a cylindrical disk with an infinite 
radius which includes involute shaped the teeth cut into its encounter. Racks mate exclusively with spur gears that have the same module, pressure position and preferably face width. KHK offers equipment racks in many components, configurations, modules and lengths. One unique feature of our racks is definitely that most are supplied with finished ends. This type of production permits multiple racks to end up being butted, end-to-end, to produce one continuous amount of rack. Many of the products that people offer allow for secondary procedures such as for example reduction of the space, the adding of tapped holes, or the application of heat treatment. Our offering also contains products that have already had some of these secondary operations completed.
The Metric Gear Rack straight tooth cylindrical gear that the radius of the pitch cylinder is infinite and in a bar form is named a gear rack. If it is sorted by the positions of the apparatus shafts, it belongs to the parallel shaft category. The spur equipment that meshes with a equipment rack is generally called a pinion.
Besides equipment racks with straight series tooth, there are helical racks that have slanted the teeth. Helical gear racks are paired with helical gears, but because of the slant of the tooth path, as in helical gears, the mesh produces axial thrust forces.
Among the apparatus racks’ main applications are machine equipment and transport devices so when the applications involve transmitting linear motions, they are often weighed against ball screws. In those instances, the main advantages of gear racks can be named such as being able to meet a heavier load by using larger modules and having no duration limitation by connecting gear racks with finished ends. However, an example of the disadvantages of gear racks includes the occurrence of backlash.
When manufacturing equipment racks, because of their bar shape, bending often results. In such cases, corrective procedures using presses tend to be employed.