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Gear Motions

Custom gear cutting and precision gear grinding

Since 1973 · Employee-owned

Representative illustration of machined spur and helical gears on an inspection bench.

About Gear Motions

Gear Motions manufactures custom gears and can supply complete gears or perform grinding on customer-supplied blanks. Its advertised range includes spur, helical, bevel, worm and pump gears, as well as related splines and sprockets. Gear cutting uses both hobbing and shaping. The group’s New York operations include its Syracuse division, associated with Nixon Gear and AutoGear, and Buffalo operations associated with Oliver and Niagara Gear in Tonawanda. The company also provides supporting surface, internal and external grinding and gear inspection.

  • Aerospace
  • Defense
  • Industrial equipment
  • Robotics
  • Medical devices
  • Energy
  • Automotive

Ownership and founding year from the company's own website, Nov 6, 2026 · Industries from the company's own website, Nov 6, 2026

Services

AI illustration of gear cutting.

Gear cutting

Custom gear cutting for a range of gear geometries using hobbing and shaping equipment.

AI illustration of gear hobbing.

Gear hobbing

Custom gear cutting for a range of gear geometries using hobbing and shaping equipment.

AI illustration of gear shaping.

Gear shaping

Custom gear cutting for a range of gear geometries using hobbing and shaping equipment.

AI illustration of gear grinding.

Gear grinding

Ground gears manufactured complete or gear-grinding services applied to supplied blanks, including spur and helical geometries.

AI illustration of cylindrical grinding.

Cylindrical grinding

Surface, inside-diameter and outside-diameter grinding, with internal honing for related precision components.

AI illustration of internal grinding.

Internal grinding

Surface, inside-diameter and outside-diameter grinding, with internal honing for related precision components.

AI illustration of surface grinding.

Surface grinding

Surface, inside-diameter and outside-diameter grinding, with internal honing for related precision components.

AI illustration of gear inspection.

Gear inspection

Gear inspection within the company’s manufacturing and quality workflow.

Certifications

As Gear Motions states them. Fabrication AI has not checked them with the issuer; ask the shop for the certificate.

  • ISO 9001 · Intertek · until Jul 28, 2028

Locations

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