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Page 1 INTRODUCTION • Gears are broadly classified into four groups, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears. In case of spur gears the teeth are cut parallel to the axis of the shaft. As the teeth are parallel to the axis of shaft, spur gears are used only when the shafts are parallel. The profile of the gear tooth is in shape of involute curve and it remains identical along the entire width of the gear wheel. Spur gears impose radial loads on the shafts. Page 2 INTRODUCTION • Gears are broadly classified into four groups, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears. In case of spur gears the teeth are cut parallel to the axis of the shaft. As the teeth are parallel to the axis of shaft, spur gears are used only when the shafts are parallel. The profile of the gear tooth is in shape of involute curve and it remains identical along the entire width of the gear wheel. Spur gears impose radial loads on the shafts. Gear Terminology Page 3 INTRODUCTION • Gears are broadly classified into four groups, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears. In case of spur gears the teeth are cut parallel to the axis of the shaft. As the teeth are parallel to the axis of shaft, spur gears are used only when the shafts are parallel. The profile of the gear tooth is in shape of involute curve and it remains identical along the entire width of the gear wheel. Spur gears impose radial loads on the shafts. Gear Terminology • Pitch surface : The surface of the imaginary rolling cylinder (cone, etc.) that the toothed gear may be considered to replace. • Pitch circle: A right section of the pitch surface. • Root (or dedendum) circle: The circle bounding the spaces between the teeth, in a right section of the gear. • Addendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the addendum circle. • Dedendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the root circle. • Clearance: The difference between the dedendum of one gear and the addendum of the mating gear. Page 4 INTRODUCTION • Gears are broadly classified into four groups, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears. In case of spur gears the teeth are cut parallel to the axis of the shaft. As the teeth are parallel to the axis of shaft, spur gears are used only when the shafts are parallel. The profile of the gear tooth is in shape of involute curve and it remains identical along the entire width of the gear wheel. Spur gears impose radial loads on the shafts. Gear Terminology • Pitch surface : The surface of the imaginary rolling cylinder (cone, etc.) that the toothed gear may be considered to replace. • Pitch circle: A right section of the pitch surface. • Root (or dedendum) circle: The circle bounding the spaces between the teeth, in a right section of the gear. • Addendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the addendum circle. • Dedendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the root circle. • Clearance: The difference between the dedendum of one gear and the addendum of the mating gear. • Face of a tooth: That part of the tooth surface lying outside the pitch surface. • Flank of a tooth: The part of the tooth surface lying inside the pitch surface. • Circular thickness (tooth thickness) : The thickness of the tooth measured on the pitch circle. It is the length of an arc. • Tooth space: The distance between adjacent teeth measured on the pitch circle. • Backlash: The difference between the circle thickness of one gear and the tooth space of the mating gear. Page 5 INTRODUCTION • Gears are broadly classified into four groups, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears. In case of spur gears the teeth are cut parallel to the axis of the shaft. As the teeth are parallel to the axis of shaft, spur gears are used only when the shafts are parallel. The profile of the gear tooth is in shape of involute curve and it remains identical along the entire width of the gear wheel. Spur gears impose radial loads on the shafts. Gear Terminology • Pitch surface : The surface of the imaginary rolling cylinder (cone, etc.) that the toothed gear may be considered to replace. • Pitch circle: A right section of the pitch surface. • Root (or dedendum) circle: The circle bounding the spaces between the teeth, in a right section of the gear. • Addendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the addendum circle. • Dedendum: The radial distance between the pitch circle and the root circle. • Clearance: The difference between the dedendum of one gear and the addendum of the mating gear. • Face of a tooth: That part of the tooth surface lying outside the pitch surface. • Flank of a tooth: The part of the tooth surface lying inside the pitch surface. • Circular thickness (tooth thickness) : The thickness of the tooth measured on the pitch circle. It is the length of an arc. • Tooth space: The distance between adjacent teeth measured on the pitch circle. • Backlash: The difference between the circle thickness of one gear and the tooth space of the mating gear. • Module (m): Pitch diameter divided by number of teeth. The pitch diameter is usually specified in inches or millimeters; in the former case the module is the inverse of diametral pitch. • Fillet : The small radius that connects the profile of a tooth to the root circle. • Pinion: The smaller of any pair of mating gears. The larger of the pair is called simply the gear. • Velocity ratio: The ratio of the number of revolutions of the driving (or input) gear to the number of revolutions of the driven (or output) gear, in a unit of time.Read More
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