Gears

Gear Nomenclature

Tooth Proportions

Tooth System

Pressure angle (Degrees)

Addendum

Dedendum

Full Depth Full Depth Full Depth Stub Tooth

20 22.5 25 20

1m 1m 1m 0.8 m

1.25m 1.25m 1.25m 1m

Gear Tooth Profile

1. Involute

2. Cycloid

Fundamental Law of Gearing

The gear tooth profiles are shaped so as to produce a constant angular velocity ratio between the two shafts during meshing, then the two mating surfaces are said to be conjugate

It states that, as gears go through their mesh, the pitch point must remain stationary on the line of action for the speed ratio to remain constant.

Law of gearing

(1 / 2) = R2/R1
Gear Ratio = (No. of teeth on Driven)/ (No. of teeth on Driver)

Pressure angle and contact geometry of involute teeth

Contact ratio

Interchangeable gears
Same Module
Same Pressure angle Same Thickness
To attain Interchangeability -

Standard system

Interference

Interference

Minimum number of teeth to avoid interference

What will happen if you increase the centre distance between two gears ?

How Gears are Manufactured?

Casting Milling Shaping Hobbing