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Gears: by Sandeep Prasad

There are several types of gears described in the document: - Spur gears transmit rotary motion through meshing cylindrical teeth. Larger gears are called wheels and smaller gears are called pinions. - Bevel gears have conically shaped teeth to transmit motion at right angles. Teeth can be straight, spiral or hypoid shaped. - Worm gears have a threaded worm that drives a helical wormwheel to provide large gear reductions, often over 20:1. - Rack and pinion gears convert rotational motion to linear motion through a meshing rack and pinion. - Helical gears operate more smoothly than spur gears due to their gradually engaging sloped teeth. They are commonly used in

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Gears: by Sandeep Prasad

There are several types of gears described in the document: - Spur gears transmit rotary motion through meshing cylindrical teeth. Larger gears are called wheels and smaller gears are called pinions. - Bevel gears have conically shaped teeth to transmit motion at right angles. Teeth can be straight, spiral or hypoid shaped. - Worm gears have a threaded worm that drives a helical wormwheel to provide large gear reductions, often over 20:1. - Rack and pinion gears convert rotational motion to linear motion through a meshing rack and pinion. - Helical gears operate more smoothly than spur gears due to their gradually engaging sloped teeth. They are commonly used in

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Gears

by
Sandeep prasad
Types of Gears

 
 
Spur Gear  Bevel Gears
When two spur gears of different sizes mesh
Bevel gears have teeth cut on a cone instead
together, the larger gear is called a wheel, and
of a cylinder blank. They are used in pairs to
the smaller gear is called a pinion. In a simple
transmit rotary motion and torque where the
gear train of two spur gears, the input motion
bevel gear shafts are at right angles (90
and force are applied to the driver gear. The
degrees) to each other. The teeth on bevel gears
output motion and force are transmitted by the
can be straight, spiral or hypoid.
driven gear. The driver gear rotates the driven
gear without slipping.
Types of Gears
 Worm and Wormwheel : A gear which has one tooth is called a
worm. The tooth is in the form of a screw thread. A wormwheel meshes with the
worm. The wormwheel is a helical gear with teeth inclined so that they can engage
with the thread-like worm. The wormwheel transmits torque and rotary motion
through a right angle. The worm always drives the wormwheel and never the other
way round. Worm mechanisms are very quiet running. Worm gears are used
when large gear reductions are needed. It is common for worm gears to have
reductions of 20:1, and even up to 300:1 or greater.
Types of Gears
 Rack and Pinion :A rack and pinion mechanism is used to transform
rotary motion into linear motion and vice versa. A round spur gear, the pinion,
meshes with a spur gear which has teeth set in a straight line, the rack.

 
Rack and pinion gears from a household scale

 Internal Gear : Internal gears have better load-carrying capacity than


external spur gears. They are safer in use because the teeth are guarded.
Types of Gears
The teeth on helical gears are cut at an angle to the
face of the gear. When two teeth on a helical gear
system engage, the contact starts at one end of the
tooth and gradually spreads as the gears rotate, until
the two teeth are in full engagement.
This gradual engagement makes helical gears operate
much more smoothly and quietly than spur gears. For
this reason, helical gears are used in almost all car
transmissions.
Nomenclature of spur gears
 The addendum is the height by which a tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside
for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line; also, the
radial distance between the pitch circle and the addendum circle .

 DEDENDUM (b) is the depth of a tooth space below the pitchline. It is normally
greater than the addendum of the mating gear to provide clearance.
 DIAMETRAL PITCH (P) is the ratio of the number of teeth to the pitch
diameter.
 CIRCULAR PITCH (p) is the distance along the pitch circle or pitch line
between corresponding profiles of adjacent teeth

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