Helical rack is one of rack gears preferred for the driving systems. These gears convert the circular motion of the machines used in the automotive or manufacturing system to linear motion.

Characteristics

Helical racks can operation very silently at high speeds. Furthermore, clutching rate of these gears is higher. The reason of high clutching rate is that clearance between the gears is small. It has high endurance strength against the drives in the reciprocating motion.

Fields of Use

That the helical racks have capability to work at high speed results in a wide range of applications. These products are mostly used in the machinery sector. In the machinery sector, the helical rack is used in the mechanisms which perform vertical or reciprocating motions in the CNC and machinery tools.

Another field of use for the helical racks is automotive sector. In this sector, it is especially used in the parts rotating the automobile wheel steers and other rotary parts on the automobiles. Furthermore, machinery, automotive and robotics are also among the other fields of application. In the robotics sector, they are used for conversion of the motion. Function of the helical racks is to convert circular motion in the robotic systems to linear rack.