ZTRS Precision rack and pinion drives

STOBER wanted to change this philosophy and developed a new concept for a super compact and highly efficient rack and pinion drive systems jointly with ATLANTA, the premier manufacturer of gear racks.

The most immediately striking feature of the new HighForce ZTRS rack and pinion drive is the integral output bearing housing, a highly stiff supporting assembly for the pinion which relieves the moment load on the gearbox output bearings. This reduced tilting moment from this construction makes it possible to base the drive design on the torque actually required for the machine operation.

As a rule this means that the gear unit can be a size smaller than normally used in the past. Due to the comparatively small pinions, a higher output speed is required which means that the gear ratio can also be lower and in many cases a single-stage planetary gear unit can be used instead of a two-stage.

The new mounting system makes it possible to use rack pinions with a very small number of pinion teeth, which can increase linear stiffness by up to 100%, reduce linear backlash a approx. 40% also. The wide variety of gear ratios and pinion sizes allows optimised adaptation of the inertia.

Trouble free operation is ensured with the optional pinion lubrication system which is integrated in the cast output bearing housing.

The ZTRS rack and pinion drive system is available from modules 2 to 6.