Plastic gear is a kind of gears which is made of plastic. In ancient times, the gear is made of wood or metal. It can only transfer the rotational motion of the shaft, cannot guarantee the stability of the transmission. But now machines such as video cassette players that are subjected to dust and dirt use plastic gears not only for the light weight properties but for the ability to function in dirty environments. A plastic gear will tolerate dirt and debris much better than a metal gear. Metal gears tent to grind and pulverize a dirt particle while a plastic gear tends to absorb the dirt particle. This prevents frequent maintenance issues. The ability to withstand a comparable load while remaining quiet and light, as well as the more cost-effective production features make the use of plastic gears a very popular choice in manufacturing. In areas of high humidity or moisture such is found in many food preparations machines, the non-corrosive properties of plastic make it an obvious choice over its metal cousin.
Global plastic gear market was valued at 304.53 Million US$ in 2018 and is projected to reach 366.60 Million US$ by 2024, at a CAGR of 3.14% during the forecast period.
Classification according to material quality, the Plastic gear can be divided into: Nylon, Polyformaldehyde and Other, key players in global Plastic gear market include: Gleason, Yeh Der Enterprise, SDP/SI, Miller Plastics Productions, Intech Corporation, AmTech manufacturing, Asia Rubber & Plastics, Aryameya, QTC METRIC GEARS, Marswell Engineering Limited, Feng Hua KeDi Plastic Gear, Zhangjiagang Youcheng High-Tech Materials, FU FENG CO., LTD, Zhejiang Taizhou Jingwei Plastics Gear, Wuxi Shitong Mould&Plastic.
The Future of Plastic Gears: Tighter, Smaller, and Stronger.
With manufacturers facing ever-increasing pressure to cut costs without compromising on quality, plastic gears has become the future of affordable design. The engineering challenges for creating plastic gears that perform as well as metal gears limited plastic gears to low-power transmissions for a long time, but as technology advances, today's plastic gears are being used in all types of industries, including medical, consumer, and automotive manufacturing.
Plastic gears have three major advantages over metal gears: cost, noise, and weight. They cost less, perform quieter, and weigh less than metal gears. Those three advantages are a win in almost any industry. While plastic gears used to be only for low-powered appliances like printers and lawn sprinklers, it's now becoming more common to see them used in high-powered appliances, such as washing machines.
As consumer and medical demands trend towards smaller, more compact products and equipment, plastic gears are making their way into mainstream manufacturing. The demand for tighter, smaller, stronger gears is creating new challenges for engineers, designers, and gear manufacturers. The need for affordable high-power, high-precision plastic gears is continuing to drive the market.
Better data and better design software is helping engineers create highly specialized plastic gears and predict how those gears will perform in real-world scenarios. This access to more data and more precise design shortens the design cycle and brings products to market faster—which is especially important in highly competitive, time-sensitive markets.
Plastic gears create less friction than their metal counterparts, which means less energy is wasted in heat. Cooler transmissions mean more efficiency than transmissions with metal gears. This is also important when it comes to meeting energy stands required for appliances.