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Standardised catalogue products are always a compromise, because the design of the machine and plant have to be adapted to the standard product. It is better to rely on custom strain wave gears and enjoy maximum freedom of design! A different size? More performance? Functional integration? No problem. As a partner to our customers, we have accepted the challenge of offering top performance at globally competitive prices.

Custom strain wave gears of excellent quality
With a focus on both your application and your costs, we develop and industrialise, for example, custom designed strain wave gears for series applications – no matter whether you require a custom adaptation or a fully integrated solution. The focus is on maximum performance, innovative technologies and compact designs. Your benefit: 100 % performance, 100 % efficiency, 100 % cost-effectiveness, 0 % compromise.

We specialise in custom strain wave gears:

• Maximum optimisation with a focus on your requirements, without generating direct extra costs
• Flexible modular product system, with a large selection of sizes, versions, materials, and additional components such as motors, bearings, shafts, seals, housings, sensors, brakes, and ECUs
• Individual gear design
• Extensive customising options
• Adaptation of standard products to your application, thus allowing more effective design of the overall application
• Full integration – from the simple component set to the entire complex system
• Production of application-specific components, modules and complete systems
• Maximum scalability – both in size and quantity
• High level of cost-effectiveness due to modularity

Custom precision gears to your specifications
We offer custom-tailored solutions that are adapted to your exact requirements – from custom design and development to production of application-specific components, modules and complete systems. Whether the requirement is for custom designed strain wave gears, sealed gear units or individual interfaces: We create an optimised solution based on your specifications with regard to costs, performance, weight, installation space, and more. We also develop integrated solutions, as well as software and control units, to meet the most stringent requirements.

We can modify:

• Geometry
• Materials
• Tolerances
• Gear properties
• Functional, component, and system integration
• Motor or development stage: up to an entire system including sensors, brakes, ECU
• Interfaces
• Input and output shaft

Strain wave gears with a high level of custom adaptations
Whatever you need: We have a solution. Our motto: Not the application has to be adapted to the gear, but the gear to the requirements of the application. The only limitations are due to physical constraints. With our custom strain wave gears there are no compromises in the design of your machine or robot. We can also adapt gear properties.

Adaptable gear properties (for example):

• Backdriving torque
• Overload capacity
• Transmission accuracy
• Rigidity
• Main bearing
• Efficiency ratio
• Weight
• Inertia

Automotive-compliant production for maximum quality and cost-effectiveness
Our custom strain wave gears are produced at the Ovalo GmbH location in Limburg (Lahn) and create virtually 100 % added value in Germany – from raw materials to service. Production in compliance with automotive standards (IATF certification) takes place in modern production systems, including state-of-the-art testing and measuring technology, as well as patented production processes. Our production is characterised by a high level of automation, maximum flexibility, and high standards of cleanliness, to guarantee large volumes, short development cycles, and optimal cost-effectiveness. Lean management methods and a process of continuous improvement ensure maximum quality and efficiency.

Would you like to learn more about our custom strain wave gears, or do you have questions about the possibilities for modification and adaptation? Then don’t hesitate to contact our experts.

A standard solution is sufficient for you? Discover our innovative range of economical, high-performance strain wave gears.