CONSTRUCTION OF INVOLUTE SPLINE

Data:
No. of Teeth (T) =24
Diametral Pitch=20/40
Pressure angle (PA) =30

We need to compute the following information

Pitch Circle Diameter (PCD) = T/P

where T= No. of Teeths=24Nos

P=Pitch = 20

= 24/20
=1.2 inch

Base Circle Diameter (BD) =PCD cos (PA)

=1.2 cos 30
= 1.0392 inch

Dedendum (d)

=(Pitch dia-Minor dia)/2

=(1.2-1.09)/2
=0.055inch

Addendum

(a)

= 1/40
=0.025 inch

Outside dia

(OD) = D+2a
=1.2+ (2*0.025)
=1.25inch

ALSO,

Circumference of base circle (CB) = pi*BD

= *1.0392
= 3.26 inch

1/24th of Base circle radius (FCB) = 0.5195/24

= 0.021645 inch

Minor dia = 1.09 inch

No. of times FCB divides CB (NCB) = 3.26/0.021645

= 150.612

360/NCB (ACB)

Gear Tooth (GT) spacing = 360/T

= 360/24
=15

Gear cog angle =( Tooth width/(PCD/2))/2

=(0.0700/0.6)/2
=0.058333 rads
=3.343 deg

= 2.3902

(This value should be converted to degrees)

METHODOLOGY

4 circles of diameter equal to Pitch Diameter (PCD), Base Circle diameter (DB),
Outside Diameter (DO), and Root Diameter (DR) are drawn.

A perpendicular line is drawn from the centre to the base circle

A line equal to FCB is drawn perpendicular to the end of this line.(this line is
tangent to the base circle)

The two lines (center at 0,0)are copied to make 14 copies at 2.39 degrees apart
(ACB), for a total of 15 line pairs.(The number of line can be altered as per
requirement)

The tangent line is extended for each copy so it's length is the 1/20th of the base
circle radius (FCB) times the number that you have next to that tangent line (0 x
FCB, 1 x FCB, 2 x FCB14 x FCB) extend them from the tangent point.

Join the end points of the tangent lines.

The curve arrived at is the involute.

Draw a line that goes from the intersection of the involute curve and the pitch
diameter circle (D) to the center of the gear.

Trim the involute curve to DO, the outside diameter of the gear and extend it to
the root diameter.

Draw a line at () to the line joining the centre to point of intersection to involute
and PCD.

Mirror the Involute about this point.

Once the complete Gear profile is obtain mirror the tooth to the required
number...

Evaluation

The construction is checked by drawing a circle equal to pin diameter.

The pin over diameter is checked for.