Cone Drive Case Studies

When we serve you we draw on our experiences as well as those of our sister companies Benzlers and David Brown. Find below examples of how our combined skills have helped companies in your industry.

April

January

  • Unequal Ratio Pinch Roll for Tube Forming
  • Worm Gear Pinch Roll
  • Three manufacturers of roll form tube mills in the north east Ohio territory have purchased pinch roll type units with unequal pinch roll drives from Cone Drive over the years. Cooperation with an OEM now enables Cone Drive to offer a compact, well-engineered and durable bolt-on reducer.
  • Print Carriage Drive
  • Print Carriage Drive Case Study
  • A billboard printer had been using a Cone Drive competitor’s product to drive the print carriage on its equipment but this had become noisy in operation and the decision was taken to replace it.
  • This case study deals with the following products, service and industry:
  • Servo Whisperdrive
  • Winders and Unwinders
  • Low Backlash Case Study
  • At a recent trade show an OEM customer who had purchased Cone Drive units for use in their turret index reported that the reducer backlash was causing problems. In the interim this had led to the customer to purchase a competitor’s product in an attempt to address the problem, although this had not brought any improvement..

October

  • Gear Units On War With Terrorism
  • Gear Units For Terrorism
  • To counter potential threats concealed inside containers, this Cone Drive customer specializes in the design of scanner devices that can detect the presence of radioactive materials. The K Series servo gear unit was chosen above the competition for two main reasons.
  • Cone Drive’s gear sets for gearing specialist
  • Series W Whisper Drive
  • When a gearing specialist company wanted to updated an old line shaft-driven Gould & Eberhardt gear cutter, Cone Drive had the answer. Cone Drive’s gear sets were identified as the only units on the market that had sufficient compactness and capacity to provide an all-in-one solution as well as guaranteeing the necessary low backlash.
  • This case study deals with the following products, service and industry:
  • Servo WhisperDrive

September

  • Switching from hydraulics to electro-mechanical operation
  • Federal Broach
  • Cone Drive, part of Textron Fluid & Power, has collaborated with Federal Broach in developing a solution that substitutes electric motor and mechanical gearbox assemblies for the hydraulic components on the large helical broach machines employed manufacturing parts for automotive transmissions.
  • This case study deals with the following products, service and industry:
  • Worm Gear Model HP

August

  • Klockner Cartoner
  • Klockner Cartoner Case Study
  • The customer was in the process of making major changes on a line of cartoningmachines by switching from mechanical drive systems using a variety of levers, cams, belts and pulleys to servomotors and controls. Many of these applications required speed reducers.
  • Fenn Rolling Mill
  • Fenn Rolling Mill
  • In a further demonstration of its unrivalled expertise, Cone Drive has continued a thirty year old relationship with leading machine tool producer, Fenn Technologies.
  • This case study deals with the following products, service and industry:
  • Model HP

Powerful Brands

Engineering Products David Brown Screw Jack Products Benzlers David Brown and Benzlers are sister companies of Cone Drive, also part of the Textron family. Working together enables us to offer a full range of gear products and provide global services and support.