Description

A worm drive gear is a gear including a shaft with a spiral section that engages with and runs a toothed wheel. Worm drive gears are a traditional form of gear and a sort of one of the six simple machines. Fundamentally, a worm drive gear is a screw butted up in front of what looks like a normal spur gear with slightly curved and angled teeth.

For applications that need higher speed, a worm drive gearbox can be employed. Some of the applications of a worm drive gearbox are:

Mining
Presses
Rolling mills
Escalator/ Elevator Drive systems
Manufacturing and packaging industries
Small machinery and conveyors