Gears are now used for a wide range of industrial applications. There are gears weighing from 15grams to 15 tons. Lots of industries use gears for transmitting power or rotational force from one component to another. Gears have varied application starting from textile looms to aviation industries. Undoubtedly the demand for gears in industries is estimated at a whopping 125 billion dollars worldwide.

Cement plants use girth gears for crushing raw materials. These girth gears have high strength and highly durable that they can be used in any operating environment. For rotating equipments in the cement industry power transmission is essential and that is provided by various open gear drives. Other types of gears which are used in cement industries are reduction gears, pinions, Sprockets, pinion shafts and helical gears.

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