Gears

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Types of Gears

Spur Gears

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Spur gears.png
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Rack and Pinion

Bevel Gears

Helical Gears

Worm Drives

Planetary Gears

Specialty Gears

Harmonic Drive Gear
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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 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