AGMA Member CompanySince 1946East Walpole, MA

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Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage Equipment

Custom gears, sprockets, splines, shafts, timing pulleys and related power transmission components for machinery used throughout food and beverage production.

From ingredient handling and mixing to conveying, filling, capping, labeling and packaging, we manufacture components to your drawings and equipment specifications.

Food and beverage processing line with bottled juice and fresh produce
Made in America

Components manufactured in East Walpole, Massachusetts since 1946.

The mechanical drive behind every production stage

Precision gearing for food processing & packaging machinery

A food or beverage line depends on hundreds of coordinated mechanical movements: conveyors advancing product, fillers indexing containers, mixers transferring torque and packaging machines synchronizing infeed, sealing and discharge.

Commercial Gear manufactures custom gears, sprockets, splines, timing pulleys and machined components for new machinery, established OEM designs, line maintenance and hard-to-source replacements—in steel, alloy or stainless steel as specified.

The component manufacturer behind your production equipment

Why food equipment manufacturers work with Commercial Gear

When one worn sprocket or pulley can stop a line, the replacement has to fit the first time. Components are made to your drawing, material and finish requirements.

80 Years of Gear Manufacturing

Custom gears and power-transmission components since 1946.

Made in America

Components manufactured in East Walpole, Massachusetts.

Custom Gear + Sprocket Capability

Gears, sprockets, splines, timing pulleys and machined parts from one manufacturer.

Prototype Through Production

A single prototype or replacement part through longer production orders.

Build-to-Print Manufacturing

Made around OEM drawings, dimensions, materials and tolerances.

CNC Machining + Gear Cutting

CNC turning and milling for shafts, hubs, blanks and related features.

Dedicated Gear Inspection

Verification of manufactured tooth and dimensional characteristics.

Stock Chain & Sprocket Support

U.S. Tsubaki chains and sprockets for food-processing and packaging machinery.

What we manufacture for food & beverage equipment

Custom gears, sprockets & motion components

Components for conveying, processing, filling and packaging machinery, manufactured to your drawings with CNC machining and inspection.

Beverage bottling and filling line in a food processing plant
Conveyor drives

Custom Sprockets & Chain Drives

Single- and double-pitch sprockets with custom tooth counts, bores, keyways and hubs—plus U.S. Tsubaki stock chains and sprockets and in-house sprocket modifications.

Timing and gear belt pulleys.
Synchronized motion

Timing Belt Pulleys

Custom pulleys in common trapezoidal, metric and curvilinear profiles for filling, labeling and packaging machinery.

Custom cut spur gears.
Gears & shafts

Gears, Splines & Shafts

Spur, helical, bevel and worm gears, splines and CNC-machined shafts for mixers, processors and packaging drives.

Explore Commercial Gear

From the part you need to the process behind it.

Start with the component you need or explore the manufacturing capabilities Commercial Gear uses to machine, cut and inspect custom power-transmission parts.

Capabilities

The expertise behind your component

Explore the processes available to support custom and replacement component manufacturing.

Products

Find the right product family

Explore custom gears and related power-transmission components manufactured to customer requirements.

Related industrial markets

Explore other industries.

The same gear cutting, CNC machining and inspection capabilities support OEM and MRO projects across transportation, machinery and heavy industrial equipment.

Gearbox assemblies on an OEM production line

Original Equipment Manufacturers

Made-to-print gears and gear assemblies for OEMs who need a dependable partner in their supply chain.
Heavy construction equipment track and drive

Construction Equipment

Heavy-duty gears and sprockets for equipment that has to keep working in the field.
Offshore oil platform with pipeline and processing equipment

Oil & Gas

Custom gears, splines, shafts and sprockets for drilling, pumping, handling and processing equipment.
Food & beverage gear manufacturing FAQ

Food & beverage gear & component FAQs.

Common questions about custom gears, sprockets and timing pulleys for food processing and packaging equipment.

Food-processing machinery can use spur, helical, bevel, worm and internal gears depending on the equipment design. Sprockets, timing pulleys, splines, shafts and rack-and-pinion components are also commonly used in conveying, processing and packaging systems.

Custom transmission components may be used in mixers, blenders, conveyors, bakery machinery, fillers, bottle and can lines, cappers, labelers, form-fill-seal machines, cartoners and specialized processing equipment.

Yes. Commercial Gear manufactures custom sprockets and also distributes U.S. Tsubaki power-transmission chains and sprockets. Custom components can be manufactured around chain pitch, tooth count, bore, keyway and hub requirements.

Yes. Commercial Gear manufactures custom timing and gear belt pulleys in multiple common tooth profiles and can produce custom belt widths and component dimensions.

Yes. Custom replacement components can be reviewed where drawings, specifications or other usable technical information are available. Matching the existing tooth geometry and mechanical interface is important for legacy equipment.

Commercial Gear's RFQ process accepts customer-specified materials including steel, alloy and stainless steel. The required material grade and any sanitary, corrosion-resistance or environmental requirements should be included with the drawing or quote request.

Component suitability depends on the specified material, surface treatment, lubrication environment, installation location and applicable regulatory or sanitary requirements. Customers should define those requirements in the drawing or RFQ so they can be reviewed for the specific application.

Components can be quoted to customer-defined material and processing requirements. Where washdown, moisture or cleaning chemicals are relevant, include those environmental conditions and the required material or finish specification with the RFQ.

Commercial Gear accepts requirements ranging from a single prototype or specialized component through longer production quantities.

Commercial Gear combines dedicated gear-cutting processes with CNC turning and milling, allowing shafts, hubs, gear blanks and related features to be incorporated into custom manufacturing requirements.

Provide the drawing where possible, together with gear specifications, material, critical dimensions, quantity, required secondary processes, equipment application and delivery requirement.

Commercial Gear works with OEMs and specialized machine builders and can also review individual replacement or short-run requirements, making its capabilities relevant to both equipment production and maintenance applications.

Engineering & manufacturing insights

Related blogs & engineering insights.

Practical articles on gear selection, inspection and sourcing replacement components for production equipment.

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How Precision Gear Cutting Reduces Downtime in Heavy Industry

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