drygear® Apiro | Gearbox with double-sided rotary disc

Worm gears with turntables are often used for rotary table applications. The turntable on both sides enables symmetrical force transmission, which plays an important role when used as a rotary axis in automation and robotics.

At igus®, Apiro® stands for inexpensive worm gears and flexible, customer-specific solutions. The modular gearbox system offers a wide range of products based on the combination of various designs on input and output of the gearbox, different transmission ratios and a wide range of accessories. In addition to worm gears, the modular gearbox system also includes bevel gears and linear gears.

A modular structure and simple connection of individual components provide cost-effective solutions for an infinite number of applications. This is where the name comes from: "Apiro" is the Greek word for "infinite".

Apiro® can also be used to implement special solutions quickly and with little cost.

General Properties:

• Dry running worm gear 
• Lightweight and efficient with motion plastics
• Cost-effective
• Up to 2.5Nm in continuous operation
• Application temperature: +5°C to +50°C
• Resistant to dirt
• Flexible use in modular gearbox systems
• Manual or motor drive possible
• Service life tested in the laboratory

There is a wide range of applications for Apiro® gears, from a simple hand-driven pivoting movement to automated format adjustment in the packaging industry to complex robotic kinematics.

Application areas:

• Format adjustments in the beverage industry
• Lane adjustments in the packaging industry
• Pivoting movement for cameras and scanners
• Turntable drive in the medical industry
• Component in robotic kinematics
• Synchronisation of linear axes

You can find specific application examples, including a parts list for reproducing them, here.