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d heavily in modern foreign technology and machinery. .. gear producers have stated that they often have not been able

to bid on gear boxes for new machinery because .. steel producers have purchased entire steel-making systems from foreign vendors.

Consequently, .. gear producers are relegated to supplying repair and replacement units for the older steel mills. Aerospace Gearing Factors

Influencing the Market The aerospace industry consumes variety of gears for use in engines, differential transmissions, auxiliary power units, flap

actuators, and gear- type fuel and hydraulic pumps. Aerospace gears are lightweight high precision gears, used as part of components and subassemblies in fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, spacecraft, missiles, and satellites. According to the Manufacturing Technology Information Analysis Center, aerospace gears can be grouped into three different-sized categories. Large heavy gears, which convey very high torque forces, are usually found in turbo-prop drive-line gear boxes of helicopters or tilt-wing aircraft. Medium-sized gears are used in undercarriage gear retraction mechanisms, flap or control surface actuators, and aircraft accessory gear boxes. Small gears are required to run at varying speeds for use in fuel, lubrication, and scavenge pumps, in different types of actuators, and in various control functions and instrumentation.2 2 Manufacturing Technology Information Analysis Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Mantlfact urinQecolgology Research Needs of the Gear Industry, IITRI Project Dec. 3, 1, . 1. 6-6 The demand for aerospace gears is heavily influenced by the demand for helicopters, the primary end user of these gears. Gears account for approximately 1 percent of the value of helicopters, while accounting for less than 2 percent in all other aircraft. Demand for helicopters declined during 1-8, but demand for large civil transports grew significantly. Therefore, while the primary en