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07/10/2026

Most project delays on high-speed gearboxes trace back to the selection stage. An under-specified unit fails in the first year of service. An over-specified one eats up budget that could have gone somewhere else on the project. The job of the selection engineer is to land in the middle: a gearbox sized exactly for the real load.

Our blog, How to Select a High-Speed Gearbox - Step by Step Guide, walks through the five steps that take you from application to quote-ready spec. It then goes deep on the three numbers that matter most on the data sheet: input power and speed, output torque, and AGMA service factor. https://cotta.com/blog/how-to-select-a-high-speed-gearbox/

A five-step guide to selecting a high-speed gearbox: driver power, output torque, AGMA service factor, and ratio choice.

07/07/2026

Model GO1700E Speed Increaser from Cotta is a single-stage increasing gearbox designed for direct mounting to industrial engines via an SAE fl**ge and driven in standard engine rotation (clockwise facing input shaft). This unit incorporates an idler shaft to provide output rotation same as input.
OUTPUT ROTATION: Same as input
MAX INPUT TORQUE: 5500 lb-ft
MAX INPUT SPEED: 2500 RPM or as otherwise limited by input clutch or coupling
MAX OUTPUT SPEED: 5400 RPM
RATIO RANGE: 1.21 to 2.95

For more product info and specs: https://cotta.com/products/speed-increasers/ -id-4

06/29/2026

06/23/2026

Check out our Cotta Heavy Duty Pump Drives for Offshore Crane Applications!

06/17/2026

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06/16/2026

Model GR15E Speed Reducer from Cotta is a single-stage reduction gear designed for direct mount to an industrial engine by means of an SAE fl**ge and driven in standard engine rotation (clockwise facing input shaft). This unit incorporates an idler shaft to provide output rotation same as input.

OUTPUT ROTATION: Same as input
MAX INPUT TORQUE: 1450 lb-ft
MAX INPUT SPEED: 2300 rpm unless otherwise limited by input coupling or clutch
RATIOS: 1.28 to 2.43

For more product info and specs: https://cotta.com/products/speed-reducers/ -id-4

06/12/2026

Cotta, LLC was proud to participate in the 2nd Annual Academies of Beloit Golf Outing. The Academies of Beloit Golf Outing is an annual charity event supporting the career academies, student certifications, and scholarships at Beloit Memorial High School. The most recent outing was held on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at Glen Erin Golf Club in Janesville, Wisconsin.

06/09/2026

The phrase “high-speed gearbox” covers a range of machines that share a speed band but little else. A 20 MW step-up unit linking a gas turbine to a generator and a 500 HP parallel-shaft gearbox on an aerospace test rig both qualify. What they do with the power passing through them, and how they are built, differ completely. The useful way to make sense of the category is to split it in two. Function is what the gearbox does: speed it up, slow it down, reverse it, route it somewhere. Configuration is how the gearbox is put together: parallel shafts, planetary arrangement, right angle, or something else.

The guide in our blog, High-Speed Gearbox Types by Function and Configuration, walks through both, then closes with a framework for matching type to application.
https://cotta.com/blog/high-speed-gearbox-types/

06/05/2026

Celebrating another great month with a delicious lunch catered in by Mexico En La Sangre

06/03/2026

Industrial machinery depends on reliable power transmission between engines and hydraulic systems. The hydraulic pump drive gearbox serves this purpose, converting mechanical power from prime mover sources into the specific input speed and torque characteristics required by hydraulic pumps.

Selecting a hydraulic pump drive gearbox requires understanding your system's power requirements, desired pump speeds, and installation constraints. The number of pumps, their displacement ratings, and operating pressures all influence configuration decisions.

Our blog, Hydraulic Pump Drive Gearbox: What You Need to Know, will help you with this process. https://cotta.com/blog/hydraulic-pump-drive-gearbox-what-you-need-to-know/