Candy Controls is pleased to announce that the company has purchased the Specon product line of phase shifting and variable speed gearboxes from Fairchild Industrial Products. [more]

Worm gear screw jacks Also referred to as machine screw jacks, worm gear jacks are the most common type of screw jack. The advantage of this type of screw jack is that they use an acme, or trapezoidal lead screw, which can lift heavy loads and self-lock to resist back driving. Their internal gear ratio results in the ability to… [more]

About Hypoid Gears In this article we explain what hypoid gears are, how they are used, and their benefits and drawbacks compared to standard bevel gears and worm gears in a wide range of motion control applications. Invented in the 1920s, hypoid gears are a type of bevel gear that are used to transmit rotational power, or torque, between two… [more]

Candy Controls recently released several new Maximum Performance, Premium Performance, and Advanced Performance helical planetary gearbox models. They are compact, highly precise, with excellent wear resistance and exceptionally low backlash. There are in-line and right angle gearbox options. [more]

Performance characteristics and best uses Hypoid gears are a type of spiral bevel gear that are used to transmit rotational power between two shafts at right angles. Their efficiency at transferring power is typically 95%, especially at high reductions and low speeds, while efficiency for worm gears varies between 40% and 85%. Greater efficiency means smaller motors can be used,… [more]

Choose the right servo motor coupling for your application Matching the coupling to the motor is essential to optimizing performance for any application. Candy Controls offers a wide variety of servo couplings to satisfy the growing needs of the motion control industry. Candy’s line of precision, zero-backlash couplings has expanded with four new additions: CL23 Series high response coupling CL24… [more]

A Harmonic Differential Gearbox? What is it? Harmonic Differential Gearboxes are shaft-mounted, phase-shifting transmissions used for precise rotary position and/or speed trimming control. When mounted to the end of a shaft, these phase-shifting gearboxes provide bi-directional, adjustable motion control for virtually any type of rotating process. For convenience, either the hollow inner shaft, or the outer housing (with drive gear,… [more]

Differential gearboxes control rotary position and speed Are you considering differential gearbox technology as a possible solution to your next rotary motion control application? Differential gearboxes are used in a number of automated manufacturing applications to provide static and dynamic rotary motion control. These gearboxes are often referred to as phase-shifting differential gearboxes due to their ability to adjust the… [more]

How to choose the right jack for your application When faced with the need to lift, lower, push or pull a load—especially a heavy load—and hold it in the correct position, a screw jack or multiple jack system may provide the best linear motion solution when considering its performance/cost ratio. There are 3 main types of screw jacks: machine/worm gear… [more]

What are couplings? In the simplest of terms, couplings are mechanical devices used to connect two rotating shafts in order to transmit torque and position. Couplings generally fall under one of two basic categories, 1) Power Transmission couplings for connecting shafts in machines such as generators, compressors, motors, and pumps, and 2) Motion Control couplings used to connect servo motors,… [more]