# Brewer Machine and Gear Co.

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## What Brewer Machine and Gear Co. does

Brewer Machine and Gear Company is a power transmission manufacturer and supplier located in St. Louis, Missouri, at 2820 Clark Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103-2506. The company was founded in 1944. Its own site describes the business as "three businesses in one": a manufacturer of the Universal Drive Tensioner, Positioner and Idler product line, a manufacturer of made-to-order gears and sprockets, and a distributor of power transmission products and bearings of all types. The site states that for over fifty years Brewer has manufactured and marketed a line of chain and belt tensioners, positioners and idlers through industrial distributors, and that the product line has grown from a two page catalog in 1959 to a twenty-four page brochure and full online catalog today that includes over 200 items. The published catalog covers tensioners and positioners, a Machine Monitoring System, idler sprockets, flat belt idler pulleys, V-belt idler pulleys, idler bushings, timing and H.T.D. idler pulleys, mounting adapters, idler shafts and studs, hardened linear shafting, gearbox repair services, bearings, made-to-order gears and sprockets, power transmission products, OEM services, and motors and drives. For contact, the phone number listed is 314.534.4021 and the fax is 314.534.4026. The site publishes no email address, no opening hours, no prices or rates, and no ISO or other certification numbers. Anyone needing cost, availability or delivery information should contact the company directly rather than rely on figures not published on the site.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/

## Where Brewer Machine and Gear Co. works

Brewer Machine and Gear Co. has its headquarters and manufacturing plant in St. Louis, Missouri. The address published on the site is 2820 Clark Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103-2506; the contact page shortens this to 2820 Clark, St. Louis, MO 63103-2506. This is the only location or address the website lists. Contact details published are telephone 314.534.4021 (also shown as 314-534-4021) and fax 314.534.4026 (also shown as 314-534-4026). The site does not publish an email address. The website publishes no business hours and no opening or closing times, so there is no way to say from the site when the office or plant is open. It also does not offer online appointment booking or a scheduling tool. To book a call, schedule a visit or check when someone is available, phone the number above. Besides the phone and fax, the contact page provides a form that asks for name, company name, title, address, city, state, zip, phone, fax and email, plus the nature of the business (sales, research, distributor or other) and checkboxes for the product areas of interest, including tensioners and positioners, the Machine Monitoring System, idler shafts and studs, tapered and Q.D. bushings, V-pulley idlers, flat belt flanged pulley idlers, sprocket idlers, mounting adapters, hardened linear 1060 shafting, custom manufactured items and bearings. The form also has options to request contact or to have a catalog sent, and a section where existing distributors can update their contact information with Brewer. The service area is not described as a local radius: products are sold through distributors across the United States and Canada.

Lists Ferguson, Philadelphia, Lufkin, Geneva, Boston, Davis, and Amarillo as a location. Names Illinois, Missouri, United States, and Canarsie as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/contact.html

## Prices

Brewer Machine and Gear Co. does not publish any prices, price list, rates or fees on its website. There is no online store and no cost figures for tensioners, idlers, made-to-order gears, bearings or gearbox repair. Any price, quote or estimate has to come from Brewer or one of its distributors, and no figure should be assumed from the catalog alone. Products are sold through industrial distributors. The site states that Brewer has more than 1600 distributors serving the United States market in addition to distributors in Canada, and it provides a Distributor Locator that searches by city and state or by zip so a buyer can find a distributor in their area. Brewer is also itself a distributor for a range of power transmission and bearing manufacturers, and a Linecard listing the manufacturers and products it represents is offered for download on the About page. For original equipment manufacturers, the OEM Services page sets out the quoting process: a customer provides a print of the part to be quoted and the estimated annual volume, and Brewer will then quote a price, quote a lead time, and offer samples for first part approval. The page adds that Brewer can warehouse the product and release it as specified, and can barcode, kit, stock and release product as needed. The actual price and lead time in any quote come from Brewer, not from the website. To request a quote or estimate, call 314.534.4021, fax 314.534.4026, or fill out the contact form. Availability and stock status are not published anywhere on the site.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/oem-services.html

## Gearbox repair services and brands repaired

Brewer Machine and Gear Co. operates a gearbox repair department at its St. Louis, Missouri location. The site says the department overhauls all sorts of gearboxes and related drive types, that the company is active in marine, industrial and aggregate market segments, and that it focuses on repairing gearboxes and related parts for construction, industrial and aggregate applications. The brands the page lists as repaired are Falk/Rexnord, Dodge, Marley, Amarillo, Camco/Ferguson, Mitsubishi, Flender, Hansen, Link-Belt, Davis Standard, GE, Foote Jones, Morse, Demag, Geneva, Sumitomo, Valmet, Reliance, U.S. Motors, Nuttall, Lufkin, Boston Gear, Hub City, Illinois Gear, Cone Drive, SEW Eurodrive, Nord Gear, Cotta, Philadelphia, Western, Pfaudler and Werner Pfeiderer. The industries served that the page lists are power generation, steel processing, plastics, construction, chemical, mining, utilities, waste water treatment, oil refining, cement, pulp and paper, brewing and bottling, hydroelectric, die casting, food processing, forging and rubber processing. The website gives no repair prices, rates, fees or turnaround commitment for any particular gearbox, and no warranty terms are published. A repair cost and schedule would have to come from Brewer after the unit is assessed. To arrange a repair or ask for an estimate, contact the company by phone at 314.534.4021, by fax at 314.534.4026, or through the contact form on the site.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/gearbox-repair-services.html

## Made-to-order gears, sprockets and machining capacity

Brewer Machine and Gear Co. produces custom gears, sprockets, timing pulleys and H.T.D. sprockets to customer specifications. The site says the St. Louis manufacturing plant is equipped with gear cutting and machining equipment and that skilled operators and engineers are available to design and produce power transmission components to a customer's own specifications. The About page adds that Brewer manufactures spurs, helicals, miters, bevels, worms, worm gears, timing pulleys (including HTD) and sprockets to customer specification, and that it also stocks standard gears and sprockets. The size ranges published in the site's capacity table are: spur gears, 32 to 1 diametral pitch and 1/2" to 72" outside diameter; internal gears, 20 to 3 D.P. and 4" to 36" O.D.; bevel gears, 32 to 3 D.P. and 1/2" to 12" O.D.; worm gears, 16 to 3 D.P. and 1/2" to 24" O.D.; worms, 32 to 3 D.P. and 6" to 36" O.D.; helical gears, 32 to 2-1/2 D.P. and from 1/2" O.D. Sprockets are listed from 1/8" to 1-1/4" pitch and 1" to 72" O.D., timing pulleys from 1/5" XL to 1-1/4" XXL pitch and 1" to 24" O.D., and H.T.D. sprockets from 8 mm to 14 mm pitch and 1" to 24" O.D. These are the published ranges; confirm a specific part with Brewer before ordering. Additional services listed alongside made-to-order work are gearbox repair, broaching, keying, CNC turning, re-bore and other modifications, grinding, CNC milling and splining. The page states the company has been in business since 1944. The site publishes no pricing, rates or fees for custom work. To get an estimate, send your part requirements to Brewer by phone at 314.534.4021 or through the contact form.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/custom-sheaves-gears.html

## Tensioners, positioners and idlers product line

Brewer Machine and Gear Co. of St. Louis manufactures the Universal Drive Tensioner and Positioner line. The company's product page describes the units as offering full 360 degree controlled tensioning, reverse motion tension, surfaces that are parallel and square for alignment, and machined mounting surfaces, and says a wide range of sizes is offered along with heavy duty tensioners for engineering class chains. Brewer describes controlled tensioning as addressing shock loading from excessive chain vibration and horsepower loss through belt slippage. These are the manufacturer's general product descriptions; whether a given model suits a particular drive should be confirmed with Brewer or a distributor for that application. The tensioner and positioner series listed on the site are grouped by mounting and adjustment style: Base Mount (S-Series, GS-Series), Adjustable Angle Mount (RS-Series), Floating Mount (X-Series), Flange Mount (G-Series), Angle Mount (R-Series), Automatic Tensioning (T-Series, MSL-Series), Shaft Mount (A-Series), Screw Adjustment (H-Series), Slide Adjustment (L-Series), Heavy Duty (BB1-Series, BB2-Series, BB3-Series, BB4-Series) and Adjustable (MHL-Series, MVL-Series). The site also lists related idler components: idler sprockets in B-style single and double width and A-style steel or nylon composite, flat belt and V-belt idler pulleys in cast iron or nylon composite, tapered and Q.D. idler bushings, timing and H.T.D. idler pulleys, bore, shoulder and clevis mounting adapters, idler shafts and studs, and hardened linear 1060 shafting. No prices, price list or stock information for any series appears on the website. Contact Brewer at 314.534.4021 for a quote or product selection help.

Source: https://www.brewertensioner.com/tensioners-positioners.html

## What Brewer Machine and Gear Co. has not published yet

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- prices
- availability
- lead times or delivery dates
- warranty or return terms
- load or horsepower suitability claims
- iso or other certifications
- stock quantities on hand
- business hours or appointment times

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