General Information

Serial #

211-S-38

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal (cast iron & steel)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

142.2 cm

Width

50.8 cm

Height

55.9 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hamilton Gear

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The Hamilton Gear and Manufacturing Company founded in 1911, by Mr. Chester Brown Hamilton (University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering, 1906), produced industrial gears and gear assemblies until its closure in 1994. This company, located at 950 Dupont St., Toronto, was involved in a number of large projects that both shaped their fields or were significant to Canada.... (See S.I. for continued Significance)

Function

Used to lower the output speed of a motor, while increasing the amount of torque.

Technical

Reducers such as this unit (previously catalogued separately as 1967.0163 helical gearbox, and 1967.0164 worm gearbox) were used in the mining industry in Canada to drive equipment such as conveyors and shaft lifts. The reducer was needed when the motor driving the system worked at too high of an RPM for the system to function properly. The reducer would lower the RPM from the motor to the system and output that reduced power on the same plane as the input.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Markings found on Worm Gear (previously 1967.0164) Mfr.'s plate on back reads: "LUBRICATION OF/ WORM GEAR REDUCERS/ AMBIENT TEMP./ RECOMMENDED/ AGMA LUBRICANT/ 15-60° F./ NO. [space left blank] COMP./ NO. 7 COMP./ POUR POINT OF OIL USED SHOULD BE LESS/ THAN THE LOWEST AMBIENT TEMP. EXPECTED/ AGMA 7 COMP. 125-150 SUV SECS. AT 210° F./ AGMA 8 COMP. 150-190 " " "/ HAMILTON GEAR AND MACHINE CO./ TORONTO" * See document in S.I. for complete list of markings...

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A