Gears

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Types of Gears

Spur Gears

Spur gears.png
Gear-spurgearhead.jpg


Rack and Pinion

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Bevel Gears

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Helical Gears

Helical gears.png
Gear-helical2.jpg


Worm Drives

Worm drive.png


Planetary Gears

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Gear-planetarystage.jpg
Gear-planetary.jpg


Ball Screw/Lead Screw

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Gear-ballscrew2-small.jpg


Harmonic Drive Gears

Harmonic gears.jpg
Gear-harmonicdrive.gif
Gear-harmonicdrive2aligned.jpg

File:Harmonic-drive.mov Movie of a harmonic drive


Spur 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.

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Gear circle geometry.png


Spur 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.

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References