Gears
Gears
Gears
GEARS
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GEARS: Gears are used to transmit motion from one shaft to another. This is accomplished
by successively engaging teeth.
Classification of gears:
Gears can be classified according to the relative positions of their shaft axes as follows:
1. Parallel shafts
2. Intersecting shafts
3. Skew shafts
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1. Parallel shafts
a. Spur Gears:
• They have straight teeth parallel to the axes and thus are
not subjected to axial thrust due to tooth load.
• If the gears have external teeth on the outer surface of the Fig. a
cylinders, the shafts rotate in the opposite direction as
shown in Fig. a.
• In helical gears, the teeth are curved, each being helical in shape.
• Two mating gears have the same helix angle, but have teeth of opposite hands.
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• When the teeth of a bevel gears are inclined at an angle to the face of the bevel, they are
known as spiral bevels of helical bevels.
• They are smoother in action and quieter than straight tooth bevel as there is gradual load
application and low impact stresses.
• These are used for the drive to the differential of an automobile.
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Worm gear is a special case of a spiral gear in which the larger wheel has a hollow or
concave shape such that a portion of the pitch diameter of the other gear is
enveloped on it.
The smaller of the two wheels is called the worm which also has large spiral angle.
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Gear Terminology
Pitch
Various terms used in the study of gears cylinders
a. Pitch Cylinders
b. Pitch Circles
wheel axis.
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c. Pitch Dimeter
It is the diameter of the pitch cylinder Pitch
cylinders
d. Pitch Surface
It is the surface of the pitch cylinder.
e. Pitch Point Pitch line
Pitch
The point of contact of two pitch circles is known as surface
Pitch
the pitch point. Pitch point
diameter
f. Line of Centers
A line through the centers of rotation of a pair of
mating gears is the line of centers.
g. Pinion Pitch
Pinion
circles
It is the smaller and usually the driving gear of a
pair of mated gears.
1. Pitch Circle (d) ಓಂ ಶ್ರ ೀ ಗಣೇಶಯನಮಃ
Gear Terminology
2. Addendum Circle – It is a circle passing through the tips of teeth = d + 2m
3. Dedendum or Root Circle - It is a circle passing through the roots of the teeth = d – 2 × 1.157m
4. Addendum (=1m) Face width
Top land
5. Dedendum (=1.157m)
Addendum
6. Clearance (=0.157m) circle c e
Fa
7. Working depth Circular pitch
Space Addendum
8. Space Width (=1m)
width Tooth Flank
Pitch
9. Tooth Thickness circle thickness
10. Circular Pitch
Working
11. Face Width depth
Fillet Bottom
12. Fillet land
Dedendum
(=1.157m)
13. Top Land Dedendum
(root) circle
14. Bottom Land Clearance
(=0.157m)
15. Face
16. Flank
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a. Addendum Circle – It is a circle passing through the tips of teeth.
b. Addendum – It is the radial height of a tooth above the pitch circle. Its standard value is
one module (m).
c. Dedendum or Root Circle – It is a circle passing through the roots of the teeth.
d. Dedendum – It is the radial depth of a tooth below the pitch circle. Its standard value is
1.157 m.
e. Clearance – Radial difference between the addendum and the dedendum of a tooth.
Thus,
Addendum circle diameter = d + 2m
Dedendum circle diameter = d – 2 × 1.157m
Clearance = 1.157m – m
= 0.157m
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f. Full Depth of Teeth– It is the total radial depth of the tooth space.
Full depth = Addendum + Dedendum
g. Working Depth of Teeth – The maximum depth to which a tooth penetrates into the tooth
space of the mating gear is the working depth of teeth.
Working depth = Sum of addendums of the two gears.
h. Space Width – It is the width of the tooth space along the pitch circle.
i. Tooth Thickness – It is the thickness of the tooth measured along the pitch circle.
j. Backlash – It is the different between the space width and the tooth thickness along the
pitch circle.
Backlash = Space width – Tooth thickness
k. Face Width – The length of the tooth parallel to the gear axis is the face width.
l. Fillet – It is the curved portion of the tooth flank at the root circle.
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m. Top Land– It is surface of the top of the tooth.
n. Bottom Land – The surface of the bottom of the tooth between the adjacent fillets.
o. Face – Tooth surface between the pitch circle and the top land.
p. Flank – Tooth surface between the pitch circle and the bottom land including fillet.
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Pitch
It is defined as follows:
a. Circular Pitch (p) – It is the distance measured along the circumference of the pitch circle from a point
on one tooth to the corresponding point on the adjacent tooth.
where,
p = circular pitch
d = pitch diameter
T = number of teeth
As the expression of p involves 𝜋, an indeterminate number, p, cannot be expressed precisely.
The angle subtended by the circular pitch at the center of the pitch circle is known as the pitch angle.
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Pitch
b. Diametral Pitch (P) – It is the number of teeth per unit length of the pitch circle diameter
in inches.
The limitations of the diametral pitch is that it is not in terms of units of length, but in terms
of teeth per unit length.
Also, it can be seen that
(as )
Also,
Dedemdum
circle
Dedemdum
circle E
A
C
Driver
Angle of Line of
action action
Path of
P
Contact
• The force, which the driving tooth exerts on the driven tooth, is along a line from the pitch point to the
point of contact of the two teeth.
• This line is also the common normal at the point of contact of the mating gears and is known as the line
of action or the pressure line.
• The angle between the pressure line and the common tangent to the pitch circles is known as the
pressure angle or the angle of obliquity.
• For more power transmission and lesser pressure on the bearings, the pressure angle must be kept
small.
• Standard pressure angles are 20° and 25°. Gears with 14.5° pressure angles have become almost
obsolete.
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• The locus of the point of contact of two mating teeth from the beginning of engagement to the end of
engagement is known as the path of contact or the contact length. It is CD in the figure.
• The pitch point P is always one point on the path contact. It can be subdivided as follows:
Path of Approach: Portion of the path of contact from the beginning of engagement to the pitch point,
i.e., the length CP.
Path of Recess: Portion of the path contact from the pitch point to the end of engagement, i.e., length
PD.
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Arc of Contact :
• The locus of the point on the pitch circle from the beginning to the end of the engagement of two
mating gears is known as the arc of contact. In Fig. i.e., APB or EPF.
Arc of Approach: It is the portion of the arc of contact from the beginning of engagement to the pitch
point, i.e., the length AP or EP.
Arc of Recess: The portion of the arc of contact from the pitch point to the end of engagement is the
arc of recess, i.e., length PB or PF.
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• It is the angle turned by a gear from the beginning of engagement to the end of engagement of a pair
of teeth, i.e., the angle turned by arcs of contact of respective gear wheels.
Similarly, the angle of approach (α) and angle of recess (𝛽) can be defined.
𝛿=α+𝛽
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Law of gearing
• The law of gearing states that condition which must be fulfilled by the gear tooth
profiles to maintain a constant angular velocity ratio between two gears. 𝜔1 𝑑2
= = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
𝜔2 𝑑1
• Consider the two bodies 1 and 2 representing a portion of the two gears in mesh.
• Let it be n – n. 2
1
other. 𝑟2 𝑟1
Component of vc along n – n = vc cos α ಓಂ ಶ್ರ ೀ ಗಣೇಶಯನಮಃ
t
vc
Component of vd along n – n = vd cos 𝛽
n F vd
Relative motion along n – n = vc cos α - vd cos 𝛽
𝛽
Draw perpendiculars AE and BF on n – n from points α
𝛽 D C 𝜔1
A and B respectively.
B P α A
Then ∠CAE = α and ∠DBF = 𝛽 𝜔2
2 1
E
For proper contact, n
t
𝑟2 𝑟1
𝑟 𝑑
= 𝑟2 = 𝑑2 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
1 1
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• Thus, it is seen that the center line AB is divided at P by the common
normal in the inverse ratio of the angular velocities of the two gears. 𝑟 𝑑
= 𝑟2 = 𝑑2
1 1
• If it is desired that the angular velocities of two gears remain
constant, the common normal at the point of contact of the two
teeth should always pass through a fixed point P which divides the
line of centers in the inverse ratio of angular velocities of two gears.
• Thus, for constant angular velocity ratio of the two gears, the
common normal at the point of contact of the two mating teeth
must pass through the pitch point P.
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(Eq. 1)
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Velocity of sliding
If the curved surfaces of the two teeth of the gears 1 and 2 are to remain in contact, one can have a sliding
motion relative to the other along the common tangent t – t at C or D.
[ from (Eq. 1) ]
Velocity of Sliding =
• An epicycloid is the locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls outside the
circumference of another circle.
• An hypocycloid is the locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls inside the
circumference of another circle.
• Since the cycloidal teeth are made up of two curves, it is very difficult to produce accurate profiles.
This has rendered this system obsolete.
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Involute profile teeth
• An involute is defined as the locus of a point
on a straight line which rolls without slipping
on the circumference of a circle.
Solution:
addendum circle
addendum circle
of pinion
of wheel
base circle
of pinion F
F
𝜑 ra 𝜑
R D ra
D P
B P r 𝜑 A
B 𝜑 A
Ra C Ra max Ra C
E E
base circle of
wheel
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Path of contact = path of approach + path of recess F
𝜑
R D ra
B P C r 𝜑 A
Ra
E
• Observe that the path of approach can be found if the dimensions of the driven wheel are known.
• Similarly, the path of recess is known from the dimensions of driving wheel (pinion).
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Arc of Contact
• The arc of contact is the distance travelled by a point on either pitch circle of the two
wheels during the period of contact of a pair of teeth.
In Fig.:
• At the beginning of engagement, the driving
involute is shown as GH.
P”
• When the point of contact is at P, it is shown as JK. L
D 𝜔a
• When the point of contact is at the end of P K r
𝜑 A
engagement, it is DL. J
C H
• The arc of contact is P’P” and it consists of the arc
G
of approach P’P and the arc of recess PP”. P’
F
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Let the time of traverse the arc of approach is ta.
Then
P”
Arc of approach (P’P) L
D 𝜔a
= Tangential velocity of P’ × Time of approach. P K r
J 𝜑 A
C H
G
P’
Then
P”
Arc of recess (PP”) L
D 𝜔a
= Tangential velocity of P × Time of recess. P K r
J 𝜑 A
C H
G
P’
F
PP”
𝐴𝑟𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝐶𝐷 1
𝑛= =
𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ cos 𝜑 𝑝
• As the ratio of the arc of contact to the circular pitch is also the contact ratio, the number
of teeth is also expressed in terms of contact ratio.
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Example 1:
Two involute gears in mesh have 20° pressure angle. The gear ratio is 3 and the number of teeth
on the pinion is 24. The teeth have a module of 6 mm. The pitch line velocity is 1.5 m/s and the
addendum equal to one module. Determine the angle of action of the pinion (the angle turned by
the pinion when one pair of teeth is in the mesh) and maximum velocity of sliding.
Solution: