Manufacturing & Engineering Capabilities

• Posted on Terry McCormick
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• on December 16, 2019
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Gears & Shafts

Rj Link’s manufacturing capabilities range from single piece prototype development to volume precision machining.  We manufacture components and assemblies from a variety of raw materials including bar stock, plate stock, forgings and castings. We work with a variety of customer supplied materials including proprietary castings, specialty tubing and unique forgings. We can also provide additional services such as EDI, inspection, bar coding and more.

In-House Capabilities:

• Vertical CNC Machining Centers: Max. 59″ length, 31.5″ width, 23″ height
• Horizontal CNC Machining Center: 25” cube size: Up to 45″ possible on a case by case basis
• CNC Turning: Max. 24” dia., max. 56” length
• Broaching: 50 ton & 5 ton, Key min. 125″ and max 1″, Spline dia min .75″ and max 3.855″
• Hobbing: 33.5” dia., 2.5 DP, stock SAE & metric hobs
• CNC Crown Hobbing: 14” dia., 4 DP
• Shaping: 36” dia., 6” max. gear face, 3.5 DP
• Gear Shaving: 1” thru 12” dia., 4 thru 16 DP, Crown Shaving
• Tooth Pointing/Tooth Rounding: Up to 16” diameter
• Gear Grinding: Up to 15.74″ diameter. AGMA class 5 per AGMA 2015 inspection standard.  Previously AGMA class 12 per AGMA 2000-A88 standard.
• Assembly & Test Capabilities

Engineering Support:

• Custom Gearbox Design & Build Services
• Gearbox Repair & Remanufacturing
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Prototyping & Validation Services
• Gear Sizing Software & Analysis
• Fixture & Tooling Design
• Process Design
• PPAP’s (Preproduction Approval Process)
• Program Management
• Reverse Engineering
• Technical Documentation Support
• Inspection-Coordinate Measurement Machine (27 in. x 40 in. x 24 in.)
• Inspection- CNC Gear Inspection (Dia. 11.5 inc. x length 23.5 in.)