Gearing Facilities

Gear Motions is comprised of two locations with individual strengths and capabilities. The Oliver Gear division, located in Buffalo, NY, focuses on large diameter precision ground gears in small volume. The Nixon Gear division, located in Syracuse, NY, offers state of the art production gear grinding. Together, the Gear Motions family offers a broad range of gearing and grinding solutions.

Gear Motions is proud of his legacy in gear technology. As members of the AGMA (American Gearing Manufacturers Association), Gear Motions is active in continuing to keep our facilities and capabilities current to current technology.

Within each section of this website, on the page describing our capabilities with the relative machining operation, the associated machinery is also listed. Here is a summary of the most widely used machinery available at the Gear Motions network of gear specialists. This list is not a complete list. Please contact your Gear Motions specialist for additional capabilities and facilities.

Bevels

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
N/A	(1) Gleason #24A Coniflex Bevel Generators
	(2) Gleason #14 Coniflex Bevel Generators
	(1) Gleason #2A Coniflex Bevel Generators
	(2) Gleason #104 Coniflex Bevel Generators

Broaching & Keyseating

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Ohio Horizontal Model 10-60, 10 Ton	(1) Acme Horizontal Model 10-54, 10 Ton
(1) Mini-Broach Model A, 1 Ton	(1) Davis Keyseater
	(1) Mitts & Merril #6
	(1) Mitts & Merril #3

Gear Cutting

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Gleason 782 G-Tech 6 Axis CNC	(1) 6" Barber Coleman
(1) Mitsubishi GC20 CNC... read more	(2) 16" Pfauter P400
(1) Mitsubishi GE15A	(1) 16" Barber Coleman
(1) Fellows 10-4 CNC Shaper	(1) 36" Fellows Shaper
(1) Koepfer 200 with Automation	(1) 36" Pfauter P900
(1) Fellows NO. 4AGS	(1) 72" G&E
(1) Fellows NO. 36	(1) 60S G&E Gasher
	(1) 24" Pfauter P630

Gear Grinding

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(2) Reishauer RZ400 w/Robotic Loading... read more	(1) Hofler Helix 400K CNC
(1) Reishauer 362A CNC... read more	(1) Höfler Helix 700 CNC... read more
(1) Kapp Kx300p (Automated)	(1) Gleason Tag 400 CNC

Grinding (Cylindrical/Internal/Surface)

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Toyoda GL4A-50E11 CNC Cylindrical	(1) Blanchard NO. 18 Surface
(1) Heald NO. 271 Sizematic 10" Chuck	(1) Norton 6x30 CTU Cylindrical Grinder
(1) Heald NO. 171 Sizematic 6" Chuck	(1) Heald NO. 273A Universal 10" Chuck
(2) Heald NO. 361 Rotary Surface	(1) Cincinnati 6R-18L Cylindrical Grinder
(1) Tripet TST 100 2R CNC	(1) Heald 274 Universal Grinder

Hone

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Sunnen Power Hone	(1) Sunnen Power Hone

Inspection Equipment

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Wenzel Gear Tec WGT350 CNC Analyzer	(2) Klingelnberg PSFU1200       with Tri-check® Computer Analysis... read more
(1) CNC Höfler ZME 402 CNC Analyzer... read more
(1) Rockwell Hardness Tester	(1) Parkson 36" CD Roll Tester
(1) Zeiss Numerex BT 1518-12 CMM	(1) J & L Optical Comparator
(1) OGP XL-14 Optical Comparator	(2) Rockwell Hardness Testers
(1) Micrometrical Profilometer (surface texture)	(1) Parkson 9 " CD Roll Tester
	(2) Gleason NO. 13 Universal Tester
	(1) Nital Etch Testing to ANSI/AGMA 2007
	(1) Helmel Microstar 325-202 DCC CMM
	(1) Gleason NO. 4 Bevel Gear Tester
	(1) Gleason NO. 104 Angular Hypoid

Mill & Drills

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) CNC Republic Lagun VMC w/Tool Changer	(1) Milltronics RH33 VMC w 4th Axis
(1) CNC Tree 3 Axis CNC Knee Type Mill	(1) Milwaukee Horizontal
(1) CNC Mazak 2010 Nexis S10-C2 VMC	(1) Bridgeport Mill
	(1) Cincinnati Radial Arm

Miscellaneous

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
N/A	(1) Gleason 30" Flame Hardener
	(1) FTSI 60" Flame Hardener

Turning

Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) Mazak - Twin Spindle DT20R with Bar Loader	(1) H.M.T. Engine Lathe
(1) Okuma & Howa ACT35 Universal... read more	(1) Okuma LB-45 CNC
(1) Mori Seiki SL15A Universal	(1) OM VTL
(1) Mori Seiki SL250 BMC	(1) Mori Seiki NL3000/700 CNC
(1) Methods Slant 3 CNC
(1) Okuma LT-300-M
(1) Hardinge Quest 8/51SP

The above key machines is a partial listing of all machines within the Gear Motions Network.
These and others may be used in actual or virtual manufacturing cells.

 

Contact Information

Nixon Gear Ron Wright 1750 Milton Ave Syracuse, NY 13209 PH: 315-488-0100 x2237 Fax: 315-488-0196	Oliver Gear Mike Barron 1120 Niagara Street Buffalo, NY 14213 PH: 716-885-1080 ext. 101 Fax: 716-885-1145

 

Engineering Support

The Nixon and Oliver Gear engineers are gear specialists. Please contact us for technical assistance and engineering help with specialty gearing, cutting and grinding applications.

Gear Motions is your one stop gear technology solutions provider. Gear Motions Corporate Headquarters are located at 1750 Milton Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13209.

For more information about our companies, call (315) 488-0100 or send us an email.