Gearing Flashcards
For gears to mesh properly they need:
Same diametral pitch
Same pressure angle
Correct hand of gear (unless straight)
Shafts in the correct position
And?
Same helix angle
Two types of gear profiles?
Involute and straight
Describe involute tooth profile?
Most gears use involute, provides the smoothest tooth profile
Straight cut teeth are:
Noisy
Not suitable for high speed or power applications
What are some main causes of gear wear?
Lack of lubrication
Abrasives in the gear train
Incorrect tooth contact
Extended heavy loads
What can be a sign of excessive wear in gears?
Excessive backlash
What is floating gear or shaft?
When one gear or shaft is allowed to move axially to its best position. Common with double helical and herringbone gears
Why is most of the wear in gearboxes on the drive side of the tooth?
Typically most gearboxes run in one direction
On large large hypoid gears you can flip the gears to extend ________ ?
Service life of the system by flipping the gear you can transmit force onto the coast side
Simply speaking addendum is?
Top half of the tooth
Simply speaking dedendum is?
Bottom half of the tooth including clearance
Whole depth on a gear?
Addendum + dedendum
Working depth
Addendum + dedendum - clearance
Why is clearance important?
Lack of clearance will cause binding, increased friction and loss of power.
Clearance allows room for lubricant and thermal expansion
Steeper helix angles lead to smoother tooth action, but?
Have more sliding friction and greater axial thrust
What is a start on worm and wheel?
Number of thread starts on the worm.
The more the worm has the faster the worm wheel advances in one turn.
What way could you check for contact pattern?
Red lead or pursian blue with oil
What is backlash?
Clearance between gear teeth at the pitch line.
If the diameteral pitch number is small, gear teeth are physically ______?
Large
Binding can be checked by rotating gears without load.what can cause binding?
Lack of backlash or clearance between mating teeth
- incorrect centre distance between gears
- gear centre out of tolerance
- bent shaft or shaft deflection under load
- thermal expansion of the gears and the housing
Meshing teeth must have the same _______?
Pressure angle
20 degree pressure angle is stronger because it is wider at the base
For gears to mesh properly they must have:
- same diametral pitch
- same pressure angle
- correct hand of gear
- shaft in the correct position
- same helix angles
What tooth profile is smoother, involute or straight?
Involute
When even number of gears are used the last gear rotates in what direction?
Opposite of the first one
If an odd number of gears are used the last gear rotates in the _______ as the first gear
Same direction
Which direction do internal gears rotate in?
Same direction
Do idler gears count in gear ratios?
No but they change the direction of gear rotation in a gear system
Why do you need an idler gear in a gear setup?
To keep the same direction of travel
Gears that transfer power with no change in speed?
Driven sprocket has same teeth as drive sprocket. Expressed as 1:1 ratio
If the gear box is a speed reducer it is expressed as a ratio 2:1. What does that mean?
For every 2 revolutions of the input shaft there is 1 rotation of the output shaft.
How do you figure out reduction ratio?
Divide driven teeth by drive teeth.
How can you tell if it is a speed increaser or reducer? Often called overdrives
If the ratio is not a whole number
.50:1
If you increase torque you decrease _______?
Speed
1: shafts parallel to each other
2: centrelines intersecting at right angles
3: centrelines crossing at right angles
4: special cases where intersecting or crossing not at 90degrees
External spur gear
Direction of gear and pinion is different. If they need to be the same an idler must be used
Internal spur gear:
- rotate same direction
- compact
- carry same loads/speeds as external
- more teeth engagement
- quieter
Rack and pinion gear:
-Convert rotary motion to a linear motion
- rack is the flat part
Helical gears:
- similar to spur gears but except gear teeth are on an angle to the bore of the gear.
- helix angle varies from a few degrees to the standard 45 degrees
- creates a smooth quite drive
When parallel shafts are connected by a single set of helical gears the shafts develop axial thrust. The direction of the thrust depends on:
- Weather the shaft is a drive or driven
- direction of rotation
- the hand of the gear on the drive shaft