References: AGMA915-1-A02
Symbol AGMA nomenclature
Pitch deviations
Total cumulative pitch
ࡲ࢖
deviation
Single pitch deviation
ࢌ࢖ ǡ ࢌ࢖࢚
ࢌ࢖࢓ࢇ࢞Ǥ Max. single pitch deviation
Difference between
ࢌ࢛
adjacent pitches
Max. difference between
ࢌ࢛࢓ࢇ࢞Ǥ
adjacent pitches
Profile deviations (involute)
ࡸࢻ ǡ ࡸࢻࢉ Profile evaluation range
ࡲࢻ Total profile deviation
ࢌࢌࢻ Profile form deviation
Other names Definition
Total index variation Difference between the most
Total index tolerance positive and the most negative
Index deviations index value for all teeth
Tooth to tooth spacing
Tooth to tooth index error Difference between two adjacent
Pitch variation teeth index values (+, -)
Adjacent pitch error
Max. difference between two
adjacent teeth index values (+, -)
Difference between actual
dimensions of two successive right
or left flank transverse pitches
Max. difference between actual
dimensions of two successive right
or left flank transverse pitches
Profile test range
Distance between two nominal
Profile total error profiles enclosed within the profile
test range
Distance between two involutes of
the actual base circle, that enclose
Profile form error
the actual involute profile within
the profile inspection range
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Distance between two nominal

profiles that intersect the average
ࢌࡴࢻ Profile slope deviation Profile angular error
profile at start and end points of the
profile range
Arithmetic mean of the profile
Mean profile slope slope deviations of three or more
ࢌࡴࢻ࢓
deviation equally spaced tooth flanks around
the gear’s circumference.
Helix deviation (lead)
ࡸࢼ Helix evaluation range Evaluation range
b Face width (less chamfers)
Distance between the two nominal
ࡲࢼ Total helix deviation Lead total error leads enclosed within the lead
inspection range
Distance between two helical lines
ࢌࢌࢼ Helix form deviation Lead form error that enclose the actual lead within
the lead inspection range
Distance (in transverse plane)
Tooth alignment tolerance between two nominal leads that
ࢌࡴࢼ Helix slope deviation Lead parallelism intersect the average lead (helix) at
Lead angle error start and end points of the lead
inspection range
Arithmetic mean of the helix slope
deviations of three or more equally
ࢌࡴࢼ࢓ Mean helix slope deviation
spaced tooth flanks around the
gear’s circumference.
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Other parameters
Difference between the largest and
Variation of tooth
ࡾ࢙ the smallest tooth thickness of a
thickness
gear
Difference between the largest and
Range of pitch error
ࡾ࢖ the smallest actual size of the
Pitch variation
transverse pitches of a given flank
Radial position difference of a
probe contacting all teeth at
measuring diameter (pitch
ࡲ࢘ Pitch line run-out
diameter). It combines tooth
eccentricity in relation to the datum
axis and the tooth spacing error.
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Helix deviation (lead):

Total helix deviation

ࢼ b
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Helix form deviation

ࢌࢼ

Mean helix line

ࢼ b

Parallels enclosing the

actual helix profile
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Helix slope deviation

ࡴࢼ

Mean helix line

ࢼ b
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Pitch deviations:
Total profile deviation

ࢻ
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Profile form deviation

Mean prifle line

ࢌࢻ

Parallels enclosing
the actual involute
profile
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Profile slope deviation

ࡴࢻ

Mean prifle line

ࢻ
 Left hand tooth flank
fu fp max. fu max.

fp=Fp12- Fp11
fp=Fp27- Fp26

Left hand tooth flank

Fp12
Fp11 Fp26 Fp27

1 11 12 26 27 32
flank number

Right hand tooth flank

Rp

Right hand tooth flank

(Pitch line runout)