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Assignment 5 - Worm Gear

The document contains 7 questions about worm gear design. It includes details on lead, lead angle, diameters, center distance, torque, forces, power capacity, efficiency, geometry, transmitted forces, mesh efficiency, lubricant temperature, and allowable gear wear for various worm gear configurations.

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Assignment 5 - Worm Gear

The document contains 7 questions about worm gear design. It includes details on lead, lead angle, diameters, center distance, torque, forces, power capacity, efficiency, geometry, transmitted forces, mesh efficiency, lubricant temperature, and allowable gear wear for various worm gear configurations.

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Tutorial 6 Worm Gear

Q.1. A 2-start worm-set has dw = 50 mm, px = 10mm, mG = 22:1. Find the lead, lead angle, worm-gear
diameter, and centre distance. Will it self-lock? The input speed is 2200 rpm.

Determine the power transmitted and torques and forces in the mesh if it runs at 1000 worm rpm. Tw
= 22.4 Nm, Tg = 492 Nm rated, Wt = 7028 N, Friction = 215 N
Q.2. A right-hand single-tooth hardened-steel (hardness not specified) worm as shown in Figure 1 has a
catalog rating of 2000 W at 600 rev/min when meshed with a 48-tooth cast-iron gear. The axial pitch
of the worm is 25 mm, the normal pressure angle is 14o, the pitch diameter of the worm is 100 mm,
and the face widths of the worm and gear are, respectively, 100 mm and 50 mm. The figure shows
bearings A and B on the worm shaft symmetrically located with respect to the worm and 200 mm
apart. Determine which should be the thrust bearing, and find the magnitudes and directions of the
forces exerted by both bearings.
Q.3. The hub diameter and projection for the gear of Prob. 1 are 100 and 37.5 mm, respectively. The face
width of the gear is 50 mm. Locate bearings C and D on opposite sides, spacing C 10 mm from the
gear on the hidden face (see figure) and D 10 mm from the hub face. Find the output torque and the
magnitudes and directions of the forces exerted by the bearings on the gear shaft.
Q.4. An ratio worm gear reducer is to be designed using a hardened-steel worm and a chill-cast bronze
gear. Center distance should be approximately 150 mm. The worm will be driven by a 1200-rpm
motor. Determine appropriate values of dw, dg, Zw, Zg, p, λ, and φn. Estimate the power capacity
and efficiency of the reducer. Can the worm be bored for mounting on a separate shaft?
Q.5. Design a 7.0 kW 11:1 worm-gear speed-reducer mesh for a lumber mill planer feed drive
for 3- to 10-h daily use. A 1720-rev/min squirrel-cage induction motor drives the planer
feed (fs = 1.5), and the ambient temperature is 21oC.
Q.6. A single-thread steel worm rotates at 1800 rev/min, meshing with a 24-tooth worm gear transmitting
2.0 kW to the output shaft. The worm pitch diameter is 72 mm and the tangential module of the gear
is 6 mm. The normal pressure angle is 14.5o. The ambient temperature is 21oC. The application factor
is 1.25 and the design factor is 1; gear face width is 50 mm, lateral case area 0.387 m2, and the gear is
chill-cast bronze.
(a) Find the gear geometry.
(b) Find the transmitted gear forces and the mesh efficiency.
(c) Is the mesh sufficient to handle the loading?
(d) Estimate the lubricant sump temperature.
Q.7 Estimate the allowable gear wear load (WtG)all for the gear-set of Q.5 using Buckingham’s wear
equation.

Figure 1

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