Gearbox producer Excel Gear has pivoted from producing afive-axis, materials handling crane and battleship gun turret gearbox to providinggearboxes for the wind power industry. In addition, Excel Gear has recentlybeen asked to provide engineering as well as components for wind energy repairservice companies. Excel Gear says that wind energy OEMs have only recentlysought to extend their domestic supplier base to keep up with the growingdemand for gearboxes, gears and repair services.

Excel Gear is an engineering-based company with expertiseoriginating from the machine tool and materials handling equipment industries.The company designs and manufactures custom gearing. Excel Gear also designs,builds and tests gearboxes and complex high-speed spindles and CNC heads.

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