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Explain the terms : (i) Module, (ii) Pressure angle, and (iii) Addendum
2. State and prove the law of gearing
3. The speed ratio of the reverted gear train, as shown in Fig. is to be 12. The module pitch of
gears A and B is 3.125 mm and of gears C and D is 2.5 mm. Calculate the suitable numbers of teeth for the
gears. No gear is to have less than 24 teeth.

4. What do you understand by ‘gear train’? Discuss the various types of gear trains.
5. Explain briefly the differences between simple, compound, and epicyclic gear trains.
6. In an epicyclic gear train, as shown in Fig, the number of teeth on wheels A, B and C are 48, 24 and 50 respectively. If the
arm rotates at 400 r.p.m., clockwise, Find : 1. Speed of wheel C when A is fixed, and 2. Speed of wheel A when C is fixed.

7. An epicyclic gear consists of three gears A, B and C as shown in Fig. The gear A has 72 internal teeth and gear C
has 32 external teeth. The gear B meshes with both A and C and is carried on an arm EF which rotates about the
centre of A at 18 r.p.m.. If the gear A is fixed, determine the speed of gears B and C.
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