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===Specialty Gears===
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===Rack and Pinion===
===Rack and Pinion===

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===Bevel Gears===
===Bevel Gears===

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===Helical Gears===
===Helical Gears===

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===Worm Drives===
===Worm Drives===

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===Planetary Gears===
===Planetary Gears===

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===Harmonic Drive Gears===
===Harmonic Drive Gears===
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==Gear Geometry==
==Gear Geometry==

Revision as of 13:57, 27 December 2006

Types of Gears

Spur Gears Rack and Pinion Bevel Gears Helical Gears Worm Drives
Spur gears.png
Rack and pinion.png
Bevel gears.png
Helical gears.png
Worm drive.png

Specialty Gears

Harmonic Drive Gear
Harmonic gears.jpg


Gear Geometry

For external spur gears (most common), the gear geometry is as shown in the figure below. The line of action is the line that passes through the intersection of the pitch circles and also tangent to the base circles.

Gear circle geometry.png

Gear Meshing and Forces

Gear meshing results in contacts with normals along the line of action, so the resultant force, is along this line. This results in both tangential and radial forces, and , on the gear pair. When these gears are mounted on a shaft, the radial force causes a bending moment while the tangent force causes both a bending moment and a torque.

Gear triangles.png


References