Gear Formula

Formula for Helical Gears

A formula for the most common of gears that is spur gears is given here:

To calculate If Defined Already Formula

Diametral Pitch (P) Pitch Diameter(D), No. of teeth (N) P=N/PD

Diametral Pitch (P) Circular Pitch(p) P=3.14116/P

Outside diameter (OD), Number of

Diametral Pitch (P) P=(N+2)/OD
teeth(N)

Pitch diameter(D) No. of teeth (N), Diametral Pitch (P) D=N/P

Outside diameter (OD) No. of teeth (N), Diametral Pitch (P) OD=N+2/P

No. of teeth (N) Pitch Diameter(D), Diametral Pitch (P) N=P*D

Addendum(a) Diametral Pitch (P) a=1/P

Dedendum(d) Whole depth(hw), addendum d=hw-a

Tooth thickness(t) at Pitch

Diametral Pitch (P) t=1.5708/P
diameter

Working depth(WD) Addendum(a) WD=2a

Normal Diametral Pitch (P)and the

Centre Distance (C) C=(N1+N2)/P
number of teeth(N) in both gears

Centre Distance (C) Pitch diameter(D)of both gears C=(D1+D2)/P

Circular Pitch(p) Diametral Pitch (P) p=3.1416/P

Whole depth(hW)for 20 hw=2.2/p+0.00

Diametral Pitch (P)
pitch or finer 2

Whole depth(hW)for
Diametral Pitch (P) hw=2.157/P
coarser than 20 pitch

Formula for Helical Gears

To calculate When Defined Formula

Normal Diametral pitch(Pn) Transverse D.P(P), Helix Angle (A) Pn=P/cosA

Number of teeth (N), Helix Angle (A), D=N/

Pitch Diameter (D)
Normal D.P.(Pn) (Pn)*CosA

Outside diameter(OD) Pitch Diameter(D), addendum (a) OD=D+(2*a)

Outside diameter(OD) Normal D.P.(Pn), Pitch Diameter (D) OD=D+2/Pn

Helix Angle(A) (for Pitch Diameter (D), Number of teeth

Cos A=N/Pn*D
parallel shift drive) (N), Diametral pitch.(Pn)

addendum (a) Normal Diametral pitch(Pn) A=1/Pn

The following Helical gear formula would prove to be useful in calculating various Gear
nomenclatures associated with Helical Gears:

Serial
To Find Having Rule
No.

Pitch diameter
Transverse
1 and number of Number of teeth/Pitch diameter
Diametral Pitch
teeth

Transverse Normal D.P. And Normal D.P. * cosine of the helix

2
Diametral Pitch helix angle angle

Transverse D.P.
3 Pitch diameter and number of Number of teeth/Transverse D.P
teeth

Normal Diametral Transverse D.P. Transverse D.P./cosine of the helix

4
pitch and helix angle angle

Divide Transverse D.P. by Normal

Normal D.P. and
5 Helix angle D.P.- quotient is the cosine of the
Transverse D.P.
helix angle

Divide tangent of normal P.A by

Transverse Helix angle and
6 cosine of the helix angle quotient is
pressure angle normal P.A
the tangent of Transverse P.A

Normal circular Normal

7 1.5708/Normal Diametral pitch
tooth thickness Diametral pitch
 Normal
8 Whole depth 1.0/Normal Diametral pitch
Diametral pitch

Pitch diameter Add two Addendums to the pitch

9 Outside diameter
and Addendum diameter

Whole
Normal
10A depth(coarser than 2.250/Normal Diametral pitch
Diametral pitch
20 D.P.)

Whole depth(20 Normal Divide 2.2 by normal D.P. and then

10B
D.P. And finer) Diametral pitch add 0.002

Whole depth and subtract two Addendums from the

11 Clearance
Whole depth whole depth