The pinion-and-rack driven ship lift, through the meshing of the pinion installed on the ship reception chamber with rack installed on the pylon of the chamber, the motor drives the gear to rotate through the gear box and also the rise and fall of the chamber can be achieved. 

The transmission part of the climbing ship lift is mainly composed of motor rack and pinion, gear shaft, main lifting gearbox, synchronous bevel gear box, locking bevel box, synchronous shaft and so on.