Gearing Facilities

Gearing Facilities - Gear Motions

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	(2) Gleason #24A Coniflex Bevel Generators
	(2) Gleason #14 Coniflex Bevel Generators
	(2) 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 GD20 CNC	(1) 16" Barber Coleman
(1) Mitsubishi GE15A	(1) 36" Fellows Shaper
(1) Fellows 10-4 CNC Shaper	(1) 36" Pfauter P900
(1) Koepfer 200 with Robotic Loading	(1) 48" G&E
(1) Fellows NO. 4AGS	(1) 72" G&E
(1) Fellows NO. 36	(1) 72" G&E Gasher

Gear Grinding
Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(2) Reishauer RZ400 w/Robotic Loading... read more	(1) Reishauer RZ300E
(1) Reishauer 362A CNC... read more	(1) Höfler Helix 700 CNC... read more
(1) Reishauer RZ301S CNC	(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) Cincinnati 4x10 Precision Cylindrical	(1) Norton 6x30 CTU Cylindrical Grinder
(1) Heald NO. 272 Sizematic 10" Chuck	(2) Heald NO. 273A Universal 10" Chuck
(1) Heald NO. 271 Sizematic 10" Chuck
(1) Heald NO. 171 Sizematic 6" Chuck
(2) Heald NO. 361 Rotary Surface

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	(1) Klingelnberg PSFU1200 with Tri-check®
(1) CNC Höfler ZME 402 CNC Analyzer... read more	Computer Analysis... read more
(1) Fellows NO. 12M Involute	(1) Parkson 36" CD Roll Tester
(1) Fellows NO. 12H Lead Measuring	(1) J & L Optical Comparator
(1) Gleason NO. 4 Bevel Gear Tester	(1) Starrett Electronic Height Measuring System
(1) Gleason NO. 104 Angular Hypoid	(1) Parkson 18" CD Roll Tester
(2) Gleason NO. 13 Universal Tester	(1) Gleason NO. 13 Universal Tester
(1) Rockwell Hardness Tester	(1) Nital Etch Testing to ANSI/AGMA 2007
(1) Zeiss Numerex BT 1518-12 CMM
(1) OGP XL-14 Optical Comparator
(1) Micrometrical Profilometer (surface texture)

Mill & Drills
Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
(1) CNC Republic Lagun VMC w/Tool Changer	(1) Okuma MC-4VAE VMC
(1) CNC Tree 3 Axis CNC Knee Type Mill	(2) Milwaukee Horizontal
	(1) Bridgeport Mill
	(1) Cincinnati Radial Arm

Miscellaneous
Nixon Gear	Oliver Gear
N/A	(1) Lees-Bradner Thread Mill
	(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) Leblond Baron 25 Universal	(1) Okuma LC-30 CNC
(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) Methods Slant 3 CNC

* The above key machines is a partial listing of all machines within the Gear Motions Network.
* These and others may 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

John Barrett

1120 Niagara Street

Buffalo, NY 14213

PH: 716-885-1080 x106

Fax: 716-885-1145

Engineering Support

The 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.