RATCHET GEARS

 

A ratchet gear consists of a round gear or linear rack with teeth, and a

pivoting, springloaded finger called a pawl that engages the teeth. The

teeth are uniform but asymmetrical, with each tooth having a moderate

slope on one edge and a much steeper slope on the other edge.

 

When the teeth are moving in the unrestricted forward direction, the pawl

easily slides up and over the gently sloped edges of the teeth, with a spring forcing it (often with an audible 'click') into the depression between the teeth as it passes the tip of each tooth. When the teeth move in the opposite (backward) direction, however, the pawl will catch against the steeply sloped edge of the first tooth it encounters, thereby locking it against the tooth and preventing any further motion in that direction.

 

B.I.R.S. Machine & Supply supplies ratchet gears to your specification.

 

B.I.R.S. Machine & Supply

12 Buckelew Bridge Road

Anniston, Alabama 36207

P: (256) 405-5370

F: (256) 831-9057

E: salesbirsmachine@gmail.com

www.knowbirs.com

 

We are located in east Alabama just off Inetrstate 20 between Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama. We provide custom cut ratchet gears for the industrial world.