EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN

PRESENTED BY—
AMIT PANDEY.
ANIL TYAGI.
 GEAR TRAIN
• A GEAR TRAIN IS A COMBINATION OF GEARS
USED TO TRANSMIT POWER FROM ONE
SHAFT TO ANOTHER.

• THE MAIN OBJECTIVE TO BUILD A GEAR

TRAIN IS TO CREATE LARGER GEAR RATIO
IN A GEAR TRAIN.
 TYPES OF GEAR TRAIN
• SIMPLE GEAR TRAIN

• COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN

• REVERTED GEAR TRAIN

• EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN

• IN SIMPLE GEAR TRAIN , EACH SHAFT SUPPORT
ONE
GEAR.
• IN A COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN, EACH SHAFT
SUPPORTS TWO GEAR WHEELS EXCEPT THE FIRST
AND THE LAST.

• IN A REVERTED GEAR TRAIN, THE DRIVING AND THE

DRIVEN GEARS ARE COAXIAL OR COINCIDENT.

• IN A EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN, THE AXES OF SOME OF

THE WHEELS ARE NOT FIXED BUT ROTATE AROUND
THE AXES OF OTHER WHEELS WITH WHICH THEY
MESH.
 EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN
A Gear train having a relative motion of axes is
called a planetary or an epicyclic gear train.

These are 2 degree of freedom devices. Means 2

inputs are needed to obtain a predictable output.
Epicyclic gear arrangement
 ANALYSIS OF EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN
• Turn gear 2 through “x” revolutions in the
clockwise direction. Assuming it’s motion as
positive. And arm is fixed.
• Revolution made by arm = 0
• Revolution made by gear 2 = x
• Revolution made by gear 1 = -(T2/T1)x
• After this the mechanism is locked. Thus the
relative motion between gear 2 , 1 and arm
will not alter.
• If the locked system be turned through ‘y’
revolutions in the clockwise direction. Then

• Revolutions made by arm = y

• Revolutions made by gear 2 = y+x
• Revolutions made by gear 1 = y-(T2/T1)x
 TABULAR REPRESENTATION

S.NO. ACTION REV. REV. REV. OF

OF GEAR GEAR. 1
ARM 2
1 ARM FIXED , 0 X -(T2/T1)X
X Rev. of
GEAR 2
2 LOCKED Y Y+X y-(T2/T1)x
SYSTEM
ADD Y Rev.
 OBSERVATION

EXPERIMENTAL VALUES.

S.NO. REV. OF REV. GEAR REV. OF

ARM 2 GEAR. 1
1 75 39 0

2 12 0 12