Oerlikon

Market Areas & Core Competencies

• Construction & Mining
• Rail & Transportation
• Ship Industry
• Agriculture
• Industrial and special applications

With over 88 years of experience and expertise, the company's major competencies include design, development and manufacturing of custom gears, custom drive assemblies, and planetary drives for the following primary markets:

• Construction & Mining - Custom gears, gear assemblies and Torque-Hub® Planetary drives for use in various construction and mining machinery which requires applications for rotation, propelling, traction, etc...
  
  
• Rail & Transportation - Custom gear and gearing required for locomotive traction applications and various rail equipment.
  
  
• Ship Industry - Torque-Hub® Planetary Marine Drives are mainly supplied to this market for use in the off-shore platform lift-boat industry.
  
  
• Agriculture - This market is served by custom gears, custom assemblies, as well as Torque-Hub® Planetary drives. These include custom hay baler assemblies, individual gearing for off-highway power transmissions, and planetary drives for spray tractors, fertilizer spreaders and a wide array of harvesting machinery applications.
  
  
• Industrial and special applications - This market is comprised of a wide range of industrial or stationary applications utilizing custom gears and assemblies and the Torque-Hub® Planetary Drive products for use in cooling tower drives, water/waste treatment aerator drives and mixers, and other similar applications covering specialty industrial areas.

Products & Solutions

Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems is a leading provider of custom gears, custom assemblies, and planetary drives for a variety of markets all over the globe. With over 88 years of experience, our engineering expertise and abilities has become the signature for Fairfield around the world. Our engineering and technical staff thrives on the challenging needs in today's applications. From high-horsepower road construction machinery to light-duty electric motor driven equipment, mobile or industrial drives, our engineers have the tools and capabilities to provide innovative design solutions to meet your needs with the following product lines:

• Custom Gears: Since 1919, Fairfield has been designing and producing custom gears to meet the industry's needs. With the most extensive range gear manufacturing capability available, from one inch to over 60 inches, the company has the ability to engineer the perfect gear to service the customer's need.

• Custom Drive Assemblies: From 3000 Nm to over 4 million Nm of output torque capability, Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems has the expertise to meet the most demanding drive system requirements. The company's Custom Drive assemblies include the following:

• Custom designed drives for applications ranging from mobile to stationary industrial machinery.
• Drop boxes, right angle drives, transfer cases, and specialty transmissions
• Differentials and differential carrier assemblies
• Housings and custom drive assemblies
• Types: spur, helical, bevel, parallel shaft
  

For mechanical, electric, or hydraulic drive systems

• Torque-Hub® Planetary Drives: Torque-Hub® final drives deliver the torque output and long-life performance required for industrial machinery and off-highway mobile equipment. Used with hydraulic or electric motors, Torque-Hub drives offer an effective and reliable solution for a wide range of drive, swing and lift requirements.

Senior Management

Mr. Gary Lehman - Head of Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems

Major Customers

GE, JLG Industries, Genie, Allison, Hitachi, Marley Cooling Technologies

Markets

North America, South America, Europe, China, India, and all major global locations

Headquarter

Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems
Fairfield Manufacturing Company Inc.
US 52 South
Lafayette, IN 47903-7940 USA

Tel: +1-765-772-4000
Fax: +1-765-772-4001
sales@fairfieldmfg.com

Marketing & Communications Contact

Michelle Hadley
Tel: +1-765-772-4579
Fax: +1-765-772-4010
marketing@fairfieldmfg.com

Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems
Fairfield Manufacturing Company Inc.
US 52 South
Lafayette, IN 47903-7940 USA