Gear Solution Magazine - Aug 2009:

Automated Gearbox Testing

Any gear manufacturing company that has worked with the United States military realizes how demanding their requirements can be. That’s certainly the case with Excel Gear, Inc., which is building gearboxes for the control of a missile launch system on the new DDG1000 series of U.S. Navy ships...

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Gear Solution Magazine:

Excel Producing Gearbox for Navy Warship Gun System

Excel Gear, Inc., of Roscoe, Illinois, has announced its transition from the prototype to the production stage on the first order of its 36:1 ratio gearboxes, specifically designed to assist positioning of the 78-ton gun turrets utilized in the Advanced Gun System (AGS) program. BAE Systems of Minneapolis...

Thomas Net - Industrial Newsroom:

Excel Producing Gear Boxes for Advanced Gun System (AGS) on Navy's DDG 1000 Class of Warships

BAE Systems of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Excel customer for this project, recently approved the prototypes on these 36:1 ratio gear boxes. BAE Systems is the primary contractor on the AGS, designed for use on the DDG 1000 destroyers used to support U.S. Navy and Marine Corps expeditionary and joint operation in the littorals and deep inland...

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Excel Produces AGS Gearboxes for Navy Warships

In operation, the Excel gearbox assists with the rotary and vertical positioning of the AGS turret. Extensive testing on the gearbox prototypes were performed at both Excel and BAE Systems to validate the specifications...