GORE® Protective Vents for Gearboxes
Responsive pressure equalization and robust contaminant protection can extend the reliability and lifespan of oil-filled drivetrains, transmissions and e-motors.
Why use a quality gearbox vent in heavy-duty equipment?
Drivetrains and oil-filled gearboxes are used in heavy-duty equipment, rail, marine and new energy applications like wind turbines. To keep running, they all demand reliable, durable protection from pressure imbalances, leaks and contaminant ingress.
Gore’s Gearbox Vents provide that protection, to extend component life.
Engineered to enhance the longevity of critical components
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GORE Protective Vents for Gearboxes outperform open tubes or rattle caps, and standard membrane vents, because they:
Effectively block contaminants that can degrade gears or cause electric arcs in e-motors: Water, dust and dirt — which degrade traditional vent performance — can’t penetrate Gore’s breathable barrier membrane.
Protect seals from stress/failures: Our gearbox vent has bi-directional breathability. Even during extreme temperature or altitude changes, it continuously equalizes overpressures and vacuums, to preserve seals and protect against leakage or contaminant ingress.
Prevent oil spills & leaks; limit damage & clogs from oil aerosols: Unlike open tubes/rattle caps, GORE Gearbox Vents are leak-proof. And they trap aerosols that rapidly compromise ordinary membrane vents.
Extend gearbox life-span: OEMs worldwide trust the proven performance of these GORE® Vents, with their exceptional chemical, mechanical and temperature resistance over time, and rating to IP68 and IP69k.
Enable lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): These tube-mount gearbox vents can streamline engineering design as well as purchasing, inventory and installation, for lower TCO.
Vent design and dimensions
High-performance venting with Gore’s advanced materials technology
- Impact-resistant vent cap and body add durability.
- Patented hydrophobic and oleophobic GORE Membrane is customized for optimum performance in drivetrains, transmissions and e-motors with oil-filled components.
- Integrated pre-filter adds extra protection from oil aerosols, to maintain high-performance venting and extend gearbox service-life.
- Barbed shaft enables easy, secure tube-mounting, and enables shorter, more simplified tube design, routing, and installation.
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Designed to withstand the toughest environments
Gore Gearbox Vents provide enduring performance, because they’re designed to withstand the harsh conditions of rail and marine transport, or agricultural and heavy industries. You’ll also find our rugged gearbox vents in “can’t fail” applications like submersibles or wind turbines.
GORE Protective Vents for Gearboxes can be used in outdoor electronic devices such as:
Why Gore?
If you want to be known for the quality of your leak-proof equipment, trust Gore to provide you with vents that will perform as we say they will. You can rely on:
- our decades of experience in meeting industrial venting needs,
- our unmatched expertise in materials science,
- our products, which are thoroughly tested and validated before we bring them to you.
IP / NEMA Rating
Find out which of our vents can help your enclosure deliver the desired protection level according to Ingress Protection (IP) or NEMA standards.
How can we help?
Please Contact Us if you have questions or would like to discuss how our vents could perform in your gearbox application.
FOR INDUSTRIAL USE ONLY
Not for use in food, drug, cosmetic or medical device manufacturing, processing, or packaging operations.