More than 30,000 variations of KHK stock gears are available in the UK and throughout Europe from ‘master distributor’ RA Rodriguez (UK) Ltd, which has recently enhanced its online resources to aid selection.

KHK is a leading Japanese gear manufacturer, and its products are used for a broad variety of applications. These include including high-speed rotation and high-precision motion applications; moreover, the company’s gears are available in a variety of materials.

As well as a downloadable overview of the range of gear products available from RA Rodriguez, new additions to its website include a video guide on how to locate and select the correct gear for specific applications. There is also a 478-page guide to the complete KHK range; this provides technical information of the company’s bevel, mitre, screw and spur gears, as well as worms and wheels, racks, bevel gearboxes, and ancillary products.

The online catalogue also includes information on the latest addition to the RA Rodriguez range — the KHK R-series pinions for speed reducers. Completing the company’s online resources is ‘freely accessible’ gear calculation and drafting software that has been configured to help design engineers determine the best gear geometry for a given application.