Problem
What needed to be solved
A valuable piece of municipal equipment needed a worm gear after the original replacement became obsolete.
Project · Municipal & public infrastructure
Custom replacement worm gear
Barnes machined a replacement worm gear for municipal equipment when the original part could not be sourced.
Project snapshot
The work at a glance
- Project type
- Obsolete replacement part
- Capabilities
- Precision machining
Solution
How Barnes approached it
A Barnes machinist sharpened a custom cutting tool to match the gear profile and machined the replacement from scratch.
Result
What changed
The project created a usable replacement path from the original gear profile and the equipment requirement.
Technical details
The work behind the result
- Custom worm gear
- Custom-ground cutting tool
- Replacement-part machining