GearCutting

Gear Cutting IsOur Specialty

right at home at Avon.We'll cut gears fromstainless steel, brass,aluminum, plastics - orwhatever your gearsrequire.

Avon Gear andEngineering specializesin the disappearing art ofprecision cut gears.From intricate Swiss typegears 1/16 of an inch indiameter to large industri-al gears, Avon can meetall of your needs.Common or unique, sim-ple or complex, Avon iscapable of producingnearly all gear types:

- Spurs- Helicals- Bevels- Sprockets- Ratchets- Splines- Worms- Worm Gears- InternalsCareful, in-process

inspection insures pro-duction is within toler-ance. All operatorsgauge their work whilethe work is in progress.We check and doublecheck each job duringproduction against ourown standards, which areoften even more exactingthan those of our cus-tomers.

Dozens of gearcutting machines andrelated equipment insureyour job's prompt andaccurate completions,regardless of its complex-ity. Because of our broadcapabilities, Avonbypasses the limitationsand barriers that delayproduction at most othershops.

Custom designsand aircraft materials are

From prototype to production,Avon's sophisticated machinery rev-olutionizes custom gear cutting.

Drawing on over thirty-fiveyears in business, Avon employsthe full range of skills complex jobsrequire. Allow us to assist indesigning your gear requirements toinsure economy and accuracy.

GearBlanking

We Set The PaceIn The Industry

Accurate gears requireaccurate gear blanks. Tocontrol this critical stage ofgear manufacturing Avonproduces its own gearblanks.

First, we design theblank to match your gearspecifications.

Then our gear blank-ing department goes towork. It contains state-of-the-art CNC turning centers,automatic chuckingmachines, and automaticscrew machines. Not justone machine but 50 differ-ent ones. We have just theright blanking machine foryour job.

SecondaryOperations

We Offer SuperiorSecondaryOperations

At Avon, costly and time con-suming outside operationsare rarely necessary. Thismeans two benefits for you.First, Avon controls the quali-ty of the gear product atevery step. Second, we canproduce these gears on ajust-in-time schedule thatyou specify.

To accomplish this,we have at our disposal hun-dreds of secondary opera-tion machines. From sophis-ticated machining centers toa standard drill press wematch your job to the proper

machine for both economyand efficiency.

When plating or heattreating are necessary, werely on the finest sourcesavailable. Because of ourclose working relationships,we know that these sourcesunderstand how to handlegears carefully.

If you prefer, we arealso happy to work with yourapproved sources.

Versatility and qualityare key when it comes tosecondary operations.

QualityControl

Our QualityControl MeasuresAre Unrivalled

Avon stands alone in itscomprehensive commit-ment to quality control ofevery job that comesthrough our plant.

Military and aircraftmanufacturers rely onAvon to produce accurategears for their complexequipment.

Avon achieves per-fection consistently,applying state-of-the-arttechnology not just in themanufacturing process,but in the meticulous taskof monitoring quality aswell.

Avon's team ofprofessionals performsthorough inspections at

every step of your gears'production: turning, gearcutting, and all other sec-ondary operations.Highly advanced comput-er equipment enablesAvon experts to calculate,measure, and scrutinizeevery detail required bycustomer specifications.

Only Avon investsthe dollar amounts neces-sary to maintain the high-est standards available inquality control today.

This is evidentin the high-techinspection equipmentused throughout theplant. Optical com-parators, equippedwith fibre optics andcomputerized digitalreadouts to verifydimensions, eliminatethe risk of human

error. Precision leadand involute checkingequipment with chart-ing capabilities insureaccurate profiles.

Avon has thecapability to certify theaccuracy of its owngauges. No othercompany works sopainstakingly to guar-

antee excellent gearproducts.

Avon's com-plete quality controlmanual is approvedby the military and bymany aerospacefirms. FollowingAGMA specifications,Avon often exceedsthese standards toaccommodate theintricacies of high pre-cision gears.

No specifica-tion, no detail is toocomplex for Avon, andeach gear we make isthe finest anywhere.

For more infor-mation about ourproducts and servic-es, or for an estimateon your current proj-ect, please contact:

Phone: 708-354-5525Fax: 708-352-1627

410 Shawmut AvenueLaGrange, Illinois 60525

AGE and Avon Gear are trademarks ofAvon Gear and Engineering Company

AvonAutomotiveProductsDivision

Avon Automotive is a sepa-rate division of Avon Gearand Engineering. AvonAutomotive specializes inthe manufacture of timingcomponents. We also dis-tribute related valve trainparts for passenger cars,trucks, and industrialengines, both foreign anddomestic.

From the Model T tothe Quad IV and beyond,Avon Automotive, in a spe-cially designed facility, pro-duces one of the broadestlines of gears and sprock-ets in the industry.

Our 400 page cata-log is available on request.

For more information aboutour products and services,or for an estimate on yourcurrent project, contact:

Avon Automotive Products18 North Newberry

LaGrange, Illinois 60525

410 Shawmut Aveneu LaGrange, Illinois 60525Phone: 708-354-5525 Fax: 708-352-1627