These rack & pinion drives are ideal for a wide variety of applications, including axis drives requiring precise positioning & repeatability, traveling gantries & columns, pick & place robots, and materials handling systems. Heavy load capacities and duty cycles can also be easily taken care of with these drives. Industries served include Material Managing, Automation, Aerospace, Machine Tool and Robotics.
Eliminates the need for another mounting surface area for the rail
Additional alignment between the rack and rail is not necessary
Space-conserving, performance optimized designs can be achieved
Different quality racks available for best price-performance ratio
Allows assembly of rack and rail off of machine frame
This rack range further expands the already wide range of ATLANTA rack & pinion drives. With this range, it is possible to achieve optimal designs for every application constraints. For suggestions about how to integrate the Integrated Rack into your design, please seek advice from the factory.
Teeth: The teeth are the portion of the apparatus that makes connection with another gear. In order for two gears to mesh collectively the pitch should be the same for all mating pairs. The pitch of a gear may be the distance between equivalent points of adjacent the teeth. When the teeth of gears mesh properly they prevent slipping and can exhibit efficiencies of up to 98%.
Our Integrated Racks install directly to most standard linear guides, eliminating the necessity for additional machining and alignment, saving time and money. Key benefits include:
Radius: The apparatus radius is defined differently depending on the particular section of the gear being discussed. Both most relevant measurements, however, are the root radius and the addendum radius. The root radius may be the distance from the guts of the apparatus to the base of the teeth as the addendum radius (also known as the “pitch” radius) may be the distance from the center of the gear to the outside of the teeth.
In order to make sure that the apparatus rack you purchase is right for your application, seek out a reliable and experienced gear rack manufacturer who will take time to listen to your application in order to suggest 
the proper product. Depending on your application and the Gear Rack For Rack Actuator requirements of this application, the teeth on the gear rack might need to become spaced a particular way to be able to provide correct torque and efficiency. This small change can make an environment of difference in how your steering system or railway track functions.
Gears are mechanisms that mesh together via the teeth and are used to transmit rotary motion from one shaft to some other. Gears are defined by two essential items: radius and number of tooth. They are typically mounted, or connected to other parts, via a shaft or base.