Beverage Packing Machinery Helical Gear – SS, Food Grade

Beverage packing machinery helical gears serve one of the most demanding combinations of mechanical requirements in food and beverage processing: very high cycle counts, continuous duty, stringent hygiene-adjacent environments, low vibration (to avoid product spillage and label misalignment), and the need for exceptional gear accuracy because any transmission error manifests directly as variation in filling volume, sealing quality, or label registration in the finished product.

Korea Ever-Power produces these gears in 20CrNiMoA — a nickel-chromium-molybdenum carburising grade with higher nickel content than 20CrNiMo, giving improved core toughness and hardenability for the large-section pinion and wheel blanks typical of beverage line main drives. The production process follows: forging → carburising → line cutting → tooth grinding. The gear example — Mn=3.35, Z=9, α=15°, β=45°, left-handed — features a 45° helix angle: the highest standard helix angle used in production helical gears, producing a contact ratio above 2.0 and near-silent tooth engagement at the operating speeds of beverage machinery.

Before Sales

1. Customer provides detailed drawings.
2. Evaluate drawing; communicate technical and quality questions; prepare quotation.
3. Face-to-face communication for unresolved points.
4. Prepare PPAP files for OEM programmes.

Design Cooperation

1. Customer provides application data without a drawing.
2. Simulate optimised design; produce detailed drawing; quote.
3. Prepare PPAP files.

In Process

1. Communicate technical questions during process planning.
2. Apply permanent traceability marking on each workpiece.
3. Complete production flow and transportation packing plan.

After-Sales

1. Follow product application condition in service.
2. Quality complaints: feedback within 24 hours; 8D report within 48 hours; field support if required.
3. Continuously improve machining processes, quality, and lead time.
4. Annual customer visits for technical, quality, and commercial improvement.

Beverage Filling Lines

High-speed carbonated and still beverage filling carousels where gear noise must be minimised to avoid affecting sensor readings, and where transmission error would cause filling volume variation. 45° helix angle provides the lowest possible transmission error at filling speeds of 30,000–120,000 bottles per hour.

Packaging and Sealing Lines

Cap crimping, bottle capping, and container sealing drives where consistent torque delivery is required — any transmission error creates variation in applied crimping force, risking under-seal or container deformation.

Labelling Machines

Container rotation drives in labelling stations where angular velocity variation during label application causes label misregistration. The 15°/45° gear geometry minimises the angular velocity variation transmitted from the motor to the container rotation mechanism.

Food Processing Machinery

Slicing, portioning, and wrapping machine drives in confectionery, dairy, and bakery production lines. Stainless housing and 20CrNiMoA carburised gears provide the combination of hygiene, load capacity, and low noise required in food-adjacent environments.

Pharmaceutical Packaging

Tablet counting, blister packing, and bottle filling drives in pharmaceutical production. The low vibration of 45° helical gears prevents tablet fragmentation during high-speed handling; 20CrNiMoA carburised gears provide the service life required in 24/7 pharmaceutical production environments.

General Food & FMCG Lines

Conveyor synchronisation, pouch sealing, and case erecting drives across food, personal care, and household product packaging lines. The AGMA 8 accuracy and 45° helix angle combination provides smooth, quiet operation across the wide range of line speeds used in FMCG production.

Why is AGMA Class 8 specified for beverage machinery helical gears rather than the more common DIN 6?

AGMA and DIN use opposite numbering — AGMA Class 8 corresponds approximately to DIN 8/7, while DIN 6 corresponds to approximately AGMA 11. Beverage packaging machinery OEM specifications frequently use AGMA accuracy grade references rather than DIN, particularly for equipment designed for US, Canadian, and Latin American markets. Korea Ever-Power can produce to any specified standard — AGMA, DIN, ISO, or JIS — and the tolerance tables for each are applied directly from the drawing specification. If your drawing references AGMA Class 8, we produce to AGMA Class 8; if it references DIN 6, we produce to DIN 6.

What should I do if I cannot identify the failed gear?

Send us the damaged gear. Korea Ever-Power specialises in reverse engineering. For beverage machinery gears with the distinctive 45° helix angle, measurement of the helix angle is straightforward on a gear measurement machine. Our team will measure the module, tooth count, helix angle, hand, pressure angle, bore, and hub dimensions, prepare a production drawing, and submit for your approval. The 15°/45° combination is distinctive enough that it identifies the original application immediately — no other common gear application uses exactly this parameter set.

How does 20CrNiMoA differ from the more common 20CrNiMo?

The "A" suffix in Chinese steel designation indicates a higher-quality smelting standard with tighter control on impurity levels (sulphur, phosphorus, and non-metallic inclusions). 20CrNiMoA therefore has slightly improved fatigue life and impact toughness compared with standard 20CrNiMo, at the same nominal chemistry. For beverage machinery gears that run at high cycle counts continuously (a filling line operating at 60,000 bottles/hour accumulates 1.44 million tooth load cycles per day), the improved fatigue properties of the "A" grade translate to longer service life before pitting initiation.

What is the minimum order quantity and lead time?

MOQ depends on the specific gear configuration — send us your drawing and required quantity and we will confirm the minimum. Korea Ever-Power maintains a large inventory of tools, raw material billets, and semi-finished blanks in 20CrNiMoA and other common carburising grades, allowing production to begin immediately upon order confirmation. For urgent replacement gears, contact our team directly with the drawing or sample and the required delivery date.

Can Korea Ever-Power produce gears not listed on this website?

Yes — everything listed represents the categories of gear we produce, not a fixed catalogue. Any helical gear configuration in any standard or non-standard module, material, helix angle, and accuracy grade is available. For beverage and food machinery specifically, we also work to non-standard pressure angles (such as the 14.5° angle used in some older OEM designs) and non-standard module series used in certain national or proprietary machine standards. Contact our team with your drawing or specification and we will confirm feasibility and pricing.

"We supply high-speed carbonated beverage filling lines and needed replacement 20CrNiMoA carburised helical gears at AGMA 8 — the OEM had discontinued the part. Korea Ever-Power reverse-engineered from our worn sample. The 45° helix angle was confirmed on the gear measurement machine and reported in the delivery documentation. Filling volume consistency on the repaired carousel is within our ±0.3% specification."

Kim Hyeon-a  |  Line Maintenance Engineer, Gyeonggi Beverage Equipment Co.  ·  Q2 2026

"We manufacture pharmaceutical packaging lines and qualify our gear suppliers against documentation requirements including traceability code, heat treatment record, and 100% FMPI certificate. Korea Ever-Power's beverage packing helical gears passed our incoming QA at first delivery. The FMPI certificate format met our quality system requirement without any supplemental requests."

Park Ji-hoon  |  Quality Engineer, Seoul Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems  ·  Q4 2025

"We build labelling machines for the FMCG industry. The 15°/45° combination gears from Korea Ever-Power produce the smoothest container rotation we have measured — label misregistration rate dropped from 0.8% to 0.2% after switching from standard 20° helical gears. The design cooperation service helped us select the correct 45° helix angle for our operating speed and face width constraints."

Lee Sang-eun  |  Mechanical Design Manager, Incheon Labelling Technology  ·  Q1 2026

"We had a quality issue on our first batch — grinding cracks detected at incoming FMPI. Korea Ever-Power's 8D report arrived 41 hours after our complaint submission. Root cause: coolant flow setting during grinding. Corrective action verified and all subsequent batches have passed our FMPI incoming check without exception over 18 months."

Choi Yeon-ji  |  Supplier Quality Engineer, Busan Food Machinery Manufacturing  ·  Q3 2025

"We supply confectionery wrapping line drives and specified 20CrNiMoA carburised gears at AGMA 8. Ever-Power delivered with PPAP Level 2 package meeting our OEM customer's supplier qualification standard. Three production batches in 14 months; no field returns related to the gear drive. Annual visit from Ever-Power's commercial team has maintained close technical communication."

Yoon Seo-jin  |  Procurement Manager, Daejeon Confectionery Machinery  ·  Q2 2025