Flender/Flender Gear Units/Helical gear Reduction Boxes H4
imir . Algin2, Victor . Starzhinsky3, and Sergey . Shilko3 1University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Techn ical Sciences, Trg

Dositeja Obradovia 6, Novi Sad, Serbia 2Joint Institute of Mechanical Engineering of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademicheskaya St.

1, 2 Minsk, Belarus 3V.. Belyi Metal -Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Kirov St. 3

-, 2 Gomel, Belarus Abstract. Today, for almost all products, the appearance is very important . Thus, for example, the

appearance of universal gear reducers was not given so much attention, but today there are man very interesting solutions of shape, colour and graphic design . It should have in mind that universal gear reducers have much complex construction comparing them with speci al gear reducers. In the same time, hey have to provide different positions and ay of mounting and different speeds with different powers (torques) at the output shaft. Particularly, it should be noticed, that within all universal gear reducers single -stage gear units are nowadays increasingly used because their gear ratio values are increased (values of gear ratio can go up to so that these reducers largely cover most of the two-stage gear reducers with their gear ratio values, so thereby their exploitation is significantly increased. Single -stage gear reducers are very simple pro ducts, and today there is large number of manufacturers of such product. However, their mounting dimensions and way of mounting are not defined by standard, so there is variety of units with different dimensions and way of mounting. Although, most ma nufacturers look up to dimensions of leading manufacturers (usually SEW) in order to ensure greater exchangeability of their gear units. It is interesting to note, that most manufacturers tend to adopt the design of housing that will be substantially diffe rent from competing solutions . The reason is probably to avoid the possibility of bei