AT LAST A RACK AND PINION SYSTEM FOR V-SLOT!
If you have been looking for a different transmission system to replace the Belt & Pulley or Lead / Ball Screw systems then we recommend you consider the Gear Rack and Pinion system. Our Module 1.0 Internal Gear Rack is the perfect replacement transmission to a lead screw and nut block system or a belt and pulley system.
The Module 1.0 Internal Gear Rack was designed right here in house at Maker Store to work with all standard 20mm profile V-Slot and T-Slot extrusion.
The Internal Gear Rack is designed to slide inside the channel of our V-Slot Linear Rail and works with all our different V-Slot profiles. Simply slide the gear rack into the V-Slot Channel and secure it in place using a T-Nut and Bolt on each end.
The ends of the gear rack are specially designed so that racks can be butt joined to make long runs. With this key feature our CNC Machines are no longer restricted by the maximum length of a lead screw. We have even used this gear rack in house with a 9 metre actuator!
The Ox-GEAR CNC
We have implemented the Internal Gear Racks in our latest version of the Ox CNC machine.
The Ox-GEAR CNC is a Maker Store upgrade to our Ox CNC belt-driven design. This Ox-GEAR upgrades the Y-Axis featuring a stronger extrusion paired with the new gear rack and pinion transmission. This allows for the length of the machine to easily go up to 3 meters (or more!) with no more belt stretch! The Ox-GEAR uses gears and racks along the Y-Axis, belt-driven along the X-Axis and lead screw for the Z-Axis.
Along the Y-Axis the Ox-GEAR benefits from the stronger C-Beam Extrusion, which also helps to keep the gear hidden away from dust. The motor is spring-loaded and mounted to keep the right amount of tension between the gear and the rack.
The Ox-GEAR is incredibly simple to assemble and is suitable for milling wood, foam, plastic, soft metals and more. The Ox-GEAR CNC Machine is a 4 axis (3 + 1) machine, this means there are 3 physical axes (X, Y, Z) and a slave axis of Y which is called the A Axis.
The Ox CNC is our most customisable CNC machine and can be supplied in almost any size imaginable. If the application requires a cutting area of larger than 1.5m the Ox is our solution.
The Ox-GEAR has an accuracy from 0.05mm up to 0.0314mm, depending on your stepper driver‘s micro-step settings. We use 1/8 micro-stepping, and this results in having 0.063mm precision.
