Amarillo Gear Company LLC

Amarillo Gear Company has been in continual operation in Amarillo, Texas since 1917, and manufacturing the largest range of spiral bevel right angle gear drives in the world since 1934.

Our first product line consisted of right angle drives used with vertical turbine pump applications. When combined with a pump and engine, these right angle pump drives are generally used in agricultural irrigation applications. We also manufacture right angle pump drives for use with fire water protection systems, marine liquid barge systems, and other industrial applications.

Amarillo Gear Company LLC

Another cornerstone or Amarillo Gear is our product line of right angle fan drives manufactured for use in wet cooling towers, fin-tube heat exchangers and air-cooled condensers. In these applications, a motor is coupled to the input shaft and a fan mounted to the output shaft. These applications span industries from electrical power generation to HVAC. We also manufacture gear drives used on wind machines manufactured by Amarillo Wind Machine , Exeter, California. Wind machines are used for frost prevention in vineyard and orchard operations.

Amarillo Gear right angle drives are offered in a variety of models, ratios, and power ratings. Rated power ranges are from 5hp (3.7 kW) to 3,000 hp (2,237 kW). Amarillo Gear maintains a strict quality program which encompasses each employee. We are ISO 9001:2008 compliant. Every gear drive is manufactured to precise specifications from top quality materials. Permanent records are kept on each gear drive for future referral when quick and accurate replacement parts are required. This added feature of maintaining accurate parts history of each drive increases the value of your Amarillo Gear investment.

Amarillo Gear offers the only complete gear drive testing facility in the industry. By use of our “state-of-the-art” testing laboratory, Amarillo Gear can provide complete noise, temperature and vibration certification. All data is taken under full thrust and power loading up to 500 hp (373 kW).

Amarillo Gear Company is a Marmon Water/Berkshire Hathaway company with its headquarters in Amarillo, Texas USA. Our primary manufacturing plant is located in Amarillo and we have an associated plant in Monterrey, Mexico.

Industry affiliations include membership in the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA), the Cooling Technology Institute (CTI), the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), Factory Mutual (FM) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE).

Products Manufactured:

Amarillo Gear Company manufactures the world’s most extensive line of right angle gear drives. Around the globe our customers use our drives for a variety of applications including:

• cooling tower fans,
• agricultural pumps,
• domestic, community and industrial water systems,
• sewage treatment and water desalination plants,
• sprinkler systems,
• bow thrusters for docking ships,
• fire water protection,
• flood control,
• fluid pumping applications in petrochemical plants, pipelines, and offshore drilling rigs,
• loading and unloading of liquid ship cargos,
• dry air finned tube heat exchangers,
• drilling rotary table gears, and
• rock crusher gears.

Pumping Applications

Since 1934, Amarillo Gear Company has been designing and manufacturing Spiral Bevel Right Angle Gear Drives in the USA for use in the irrigation, fire water protection, flood control, and other applications. This product, commonly known as an Amarillo Right Angle Pump Drive, is used worldwide due to its reliable, efficient operation. We continue to manufacture the largest selection of Right Angle Gear Drives available. Our standard models include a large assortment of drives in a wide range of ratios and various configurations. They are highly adaptable to many applications in many different industries. One reason the popularity of the Amarillo drive has continued for more than 75 years is its consistent quality of materials used and workmanship.

For fire water protection systems, all Amarillo Right Angle Pump Drives with hollow shaft through model 1200 are approved by FACTORY MUTUAL for use with vertical fire pumps.