UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DMCD 3523 – ENGINEERING DESIGN

TUTORIAL 7

GEARS

1. A 17-tooth spur pinion has a diametral pith of 8 teeth/in, runs at 1120 rev/min, and
drives a gear at a speed of 544 rev/min. Find the number of teeth on the gear and the
theoretical center-to-center distance.

Ans.: 35 teeth; 3.25 inch

2. A 15-tooth spur pinion has a module of 3 mm and runs at a speed of 1600 rev/min.
The driven gear has 60 teeth. Find the speed of the driven gear, the circular pitch, and
the theoretical center-to-center distance.

Ans.: 400 rev/min, 9.426 mm, 112.5 mm

3. Two 5-pitch, 20° full-depth gears are used on a small construction site concrete mixer.
The gears transmit power from a small engine to the mixing drum. This machine is
shown in Figure 1. The pinion has 15 teeth and the gear has 30 teeth. Determine the
center distance.

Figure 1. A concrete mixer

Ans.: 4.5 inches

4. A set of gears is used to reduce the speed from an electric motor to a shaft driving a
grocery checkout conveyor (Figure 2). The gear on the motor shaft is a 10-pitch pinion,
has 15 teeth, and drives at 1800 rpm clockwise. Determine the speed of the mating
gear, which has 45 teeth. Also calculate the pitch line velocity.
 Figure 2. A checkout conveyor

Ans.: Speed of mating gear = - 600 rpm, pitch line velocity = 8482.3 in/min.

5. A gear reducer is used on a concept for a small trolling motor for fishing boats. The
gears must transmit 5 hp from an electric motor at 900 rpm to the propeller at 320
rpm. Select a set of gears (pinion and gear) to accomplish this task, as well as their
Pitch Diameters and Center Distance if the Diametral Pitch of 2 and a pressure angle
of 20° are going to be used.
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Figure 3. Example of a trolling motor for a fishing boat

Ans.: Npinion = 16, Ngear = 45, dPinion = 8.0 inches, dgear = 22.5 inches C = 15.25 inches.
6. A pair of gears is powered by an electric motor and used to drive the spindle of a lathe
at 200 rpm. This drive system is illustrated in Figure 4. The 1-hp motor will be replaced
by a more efficient but higher-speed motor, rated at 600 rpm. To accomplish this
alteration, a new set of gears must be selected that will maintain the spindle speed at
200 rpm. However, the gears are mounted in an elaborate housing that cannot be
modified. Therefore, the center distance between the gears must remain at 30 mm
and the selected Module is 0.5. Specify a set of gears that can be used.
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Figure 4. A lathe machine

Ans.: Npinion = 30 teeth , Ngear = 90 teeth, dPinion = 15 mm, dgear = 45 mm.